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The Ngbandi originated in the Ubangi region .The Ngbandi make numerous objects, the vast majority related to the hunt or witchcraft .
these figure represent ancestors.
| Weight | 0.5 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 29 cm |
Carrier of LUBA cup Style of the “Master of the three rivers” Incorporating influences from the workshops of Kabongo and Mwanza, this master and his successors or disciples developed a very original style. The stool preserved at the Metropolitan Art Museum and the two cup carriers illustrated in François Neyt’s…
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The Bongo people are hunters and gatherers in south-west Sudan. Their artistic testimonia are funerary steles, which are erected about a year after the death of an important tribal member. With solemn ceremonies, large stone settings are piled up over the grave of the deceased, and such memorial figures are…
They also refer to a custom preceding the burial of higher-grade initiates of the lilwa society, whose bodies were suspended from a beam in their house in order to collect their fluids, which were then used during the successor’s sprinkling ritual (a method intended to transmit the life force from one person to another). These figures are only displayed and interpreted during rites of passage and certain critical situations (e.g., in case of a bad hunt, conflicts between social groups, oath-taking ceremonies)
