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african early modern kongo sculpture

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KONGO PEOPLES Anonymous: The Kongo Kingdom was founded between 1350 and1400. It was at it's height in 1484 when the Portuguese came and converted them. The Christian Kingdom collapsed in the 18th c. but Christian subjects were power symbols.

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