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97 FIG. 12 (below): Vessel fragment. Kongo peoples; Loubanzi site, former Konde Province of the Loango Kingdom, Loango coast, Republic of the Congo. C. 1530–50 (late Iron Age). Ceramic. H: 4.4 cm. Collection of Dr. James Denbow, University of Texas at Austin. FIG. 9 (left): Luxury cloth cushion cover. Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, or Angola. 16th– 17th century (inventoried 1607). Raffi a. 47 × 70 cm. Národní Muzeum, Prague (22.258). FIG. 10 (middle left): Luxury cloth cushion cover. Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, or Angola. 17th–18th century (inventoried 1737). Raffi a. 59 × 59 cm. Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (EDc110). FIG. 11 (below left): Luxury cloth cushion cover. Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, or Angola. 17th– 18th century (inventoried 1876). Raffi a. 51 × 79.4 cm. MiBACT—Polo Museale del Lazio, Museo Preistorico Etnografi co Luigi Pigorini, Rome (5471). FIG. 13 (above): Oliphant. Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, or Angola. 16th century (inventoried 1843). Ivory, metal (gilt silver?), fi ber. L: 50.5 cm. Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d’Ecouen, France (E.CL.428). FIGS. 14a & b (below and right): Oliphant (overall and detail). Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, or Angola. 17th century (inventoried 1642). Ivory. L: 69 cm. Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde (18359). Kongo


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