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Pair of Figures
late 1800s-early 1900s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Ubangi region's history of successive migrations and assimilations has resulted in numerous exchanges of religious beliefs and ritual practices. Despite some stylistic traits, including the heart-shaped faces and the male's crested coiffure, this figure with its female pair is unlike any other in the Ubangian corpus. Based on indirect evidence, the pair is said to represent the culture's primordial couple.
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- Title: Pair of Figures
- Date Created: late 1800s-early 1900s
- Physical Dimensions: Part 1: 145 x 31.8 x 23.2 cm (57 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.); Part 2: 145 x 26.8 x 23.3 cm (57 1/16 x 10 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
- Provenance: French missionary, before 1914, collected from Ubangi region., (Unidentified art dealer, Nice, France, 1961, sold to Paul Elsas), Paul Elsas [1896-1981], Saint-Paul de Vence, FR, 1962, sold to René and Odette Delenne, René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.460
- Medium: Wood and iron
- Fun Fact: This male and female pair is said to represent the culture's primordial couple.
- Department: African Art
- Culture: Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Central African Republic (most likely), possibly Monzombo people
- Credit Line: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Collection: African Art
- Accession Number: 2010.460
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