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J.Lindeberg Death and Display: Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin

Name: Death and Display: Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Brand: J.Lindeberg
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During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the corpse to support it or displayed on top of it. In addition to their religious meaning they displayed the status and wealth of both givers and takers. Visitors would receive similar items in return. Afterwards the bongotols were stashed until, on occasion of a next burial, they would continue their cycles of gift and counter gift among the titled Kuba aristocracy. Death and display brings ethnographic research and archival sources to bear on these intriguing heirlooms. Their rich iconography offers a kaleidoscope of traditional Kuba sociality, cosmology and ritual. Contents 1. Introduction 2. The liana pattern 3. The woot motif 4. More designs 5. Miniature ritual items 6. Miniature weapons 7. Miniature pendants 8. Anthropomorphic forms 9. Zoomorphic forms 10. Varia Appendix References Acknowledgements

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Brand: J.Lindeberg
Format: paperback
ASIN: 9464262125
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Africa > Central
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 22 February 2024
Listed Since: 21 July 2023

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