Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure

19th – early 20th century, inventoried 1909

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

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.

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Title: Figure: Seated Female Supporting Figure
Date: 19th – early 20th century, inventoried 1909
Geography: Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Cabinda, Angola
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
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing