A Pair of Mangbetu Figures, Democratic Republic of the Congo

standing on rounded feet, the female and male figures of naturalistic features, with muscular legs, round shoulders, the hands resting on the abdomen, the round face with typical hairstyle and delicate features; dark brown glossy patina.

For a closely related male figure in similar naturalistic style from the collection of the Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, see Bastin (1984: 376, fig. 406).