Raymond Corbey
Death and Display: Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Death and Display: Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
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Bongotols, highly valued valuables, were offered to deceased nobles in the Kuba kingdom during funerals, displaying their status and wealth. They were then stashed until the next burial, continuing cycles of gift and counter gift among the titled Kuba aristocracy. Their rich iconography offers a kaleidoscope of traditional Kuba sociality, cosmology, and ritual.
Format: Hardback
Length: 222 pages
Publication date: 22 February 2024
Publisher: Sidestone Press
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.
Funerals of Nobles in the Kuba Kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo)
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.
Dimension: 280 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789464262131
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