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Object type
grave sculpture
Materials
rocks > rock
Legend
This is a variation on the theme of the ‘reader’, where the hands are raised slightly higher than most similar versions. Wealthy chiefs and traders liked to be remembered as exceptional men who were capable of reading and writing, although the latter should be seen as a metaphor.
Place of collecting
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bas-Congo
Culture
Kongo
Acquisition related person
Jules Laurent Jean Louis Renkin (°1862 - †1934), as donor
Date of acquisition
1920-07-06
Dimensions
30 cm
Inventory number
EO.0.0.24953
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