Half figure
D. R. Congo, Mongo / Jonga
not available anymore
Provenance
Robert Temple Keating, Washington, USA (coll. in situ 1971)Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, base
This figure was collected in 1971 in Kinshasa by then USAID financial developement advisor to Zaire, Robert Keating. There he became friendly with then Kinshasa Museum director Joseph Cornet. From that time on Keating never bought African objects without first clearing them with Cornet.