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the Army Museum and the most important French and European institutions

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the Fang reliquary figure by Edward Robinson

A large part of the photographs exhibited are linked to the conservation and restoration policy implemented by the Commission of Historic Monuments

Judit Reigl

Le Geste kôngo. antiquité the Army Museum and theFrom impressive figures bristling with nails or iron blades to statuettes of refined naturalism, Kngo works perfectly illustrate the theme of gesture in statuary. The figures are sometimes standing, with one arm raised or hands on their hips, sometimes seated, legs crossed cross legged, or kneeling. Fingers brush the cheek, the mouth, the chin, join behind the head or rest on the thighs. These different modes of expression reflect some of the multiple