Figure 7.2.

Kuba (Bushoong subgroup) artist. Ndop figure depicting Nyim Mbó Mbóosh (r. ca. 1650), Nyim Mishé miShyááng  máMbúl (r. ca. 1710), or Nyim Kot áNée (r. ca. 1740), ca. 1760-1780. Mushenge, Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wood (Crossopteryx febrifuga), tukula, 19 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (49.5 x 19.4 x 21.9 cm).

Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum, purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Blum, and the Mrs. Florence A. Blum Fund, 61.33.