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Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure

Kongo peoples

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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

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