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Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure

19th – early 20th century, inventoried 1909

Not on view

This regal woman’s slender torso towers over her charge, extended horizontally across her lap. In profile, the contours of her body create an elegant serpentine silhouette that extends beyond the small rectangular seat that anchors her. The recumbent secondary figure is a miniature male adult that she holds in place with one hand under his head and another over his feet.

Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure, Wood (Nauclea pobeguinii [Pobég. ex Pellegr.]), glass, brass tacks, Kongo peoples — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure, Wood (Nauclea pobeguinii [Pobég. ex Pellegr.]), glass, brass tacks, Kongo peoples

Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure, Wood (Nauclea pobeguinii [Pobég. ex Pellegr.]), glass, brass tacks, Kongo peoples

Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure, Wood (Nauclea pobeguinii [Pobég. ex Pellegr.]), glass, brass tacks, Kongo peoples

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Title: Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure

Date: 19th – early 20th century, inventoried 1909

Geography: Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cabinda, Angola; Republic of the Congo

Culture: Kongo peoples

Medium: Wood (Nauclea pobeguinii [Pobég. ex Pellegr.]), glass, brass tacks

Dimensions: H. 12 1/4 in. (31 cm), W. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm), D. 4 3/8 in. (11 cm)

Classification: Wood-Sculpture

Credit Line: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

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