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"tombstone": "Pair of Figures, late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, probably Ngbandi-style carver. Wood, iron alloy, copper alloy, glass beads, plant fiber, and cloth; part 1: 45 x 15.5 x 9.2 cm (17 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.); part 2: 41 x 13 x 11.5 cm (16 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ren\u00e9 and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2010.459",
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"title": "Pair of Figures",
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"title": "Fragments of the Invisible: The Ren\u00e9 and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture",
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"description": "Jef and Ren\u00e9 Vanderstraete, Lasne, BE, sold to Ren\u00e9 and Odette Delenne",
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"date": "?\u20131959",
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"description": "Ren\u00e9 [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"did_you_know": "Odette Delenne, the collector of this pair, once stated that these figures reminded her of herself and her husband, Ren\u00e9.",
"description": "Carving of paired figures is quite well documented among the Ngbandi and its neighbors the Ngbaka-Minagende, where such sculptures are said to represent the mythical ancestor Seto and his sister-wife, Nabo. Field-based research cannot confirm the existence of figurative couples among the Ngbandi.",
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"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 120, fig. 5",
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"citation": "Franklin, David. \"Recent acquisitions (2005-11) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.\" In The Burlington Magazine 154, no. 1312 (July 2012): 525.",
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