Figure royale comémorative "ndop" · R. D. Congo, Royaume Kuba, Kuba-Bushoong · ID: 3050813
Description
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Initially, these figures were identified with Shyaam aMbul aNgoong, the founder of the Kuba-Bushoong dynasty, who is credited with many Kuba cultural innovations.
Subsequent scholarship characterised the “ndop” as posthumously created commemorative figures representing various Kuba rulers “nyim”. Scholars agree that the tradition of the king’s “portrait statue” was begun in the late eighteenth century.
When the “nyim” died, the statue was brought to his deathbed so that the king could transfer his life force to it. His successor then had to go into seclusion with the statue in order to be filled with the king’s power.
L’objet Figure royale comémorative “ndop” avec l’ID d’objet 3050813 a fait partie de l’enchère 102e vente aux enchères en 13 avril 2024 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 236.
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Littérature comparée
Binkley, David A. & Patricia Darish, Kuba, Milan 2009, p. 120