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Crown and Ritual : the Royal Insignia of Ngoyo.
A sophisticated analysis of the social context of visual art and material culture and a special contribution to the history and ethnography of West Central Africa.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
1998.
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| Edición: | 74th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- EDITOR'S NOTE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1 Introduction and History of the Investigation
- 2 The Insignia
- a) Cap/Crown
- b) Neckpiece
- c) Band or Belt
- d) Double Bells
- e) Knife Blades
- f) Pick, Hammers, and Ring
- g) Basket
- h) Summary and Preview
- 3 The Shrine
- a) Site
- b) Seat
- c) Other Objects
- d) Shrine and Royal Investiture in Ngoyo
- e) Concluding Discussion
- f) Queries
- 4 The Sacred
- a) God and His Kin
- b) Lusunsi and Bunsi
- c) nsi and Mother
- d) Fire and Marriage
- e) Sacredness and Regalia
- f) Mboma and Ngoyo
- 5 Copper
- a) Material Properties of the Insignia
- b) Manufacture of the Insignia
- c) Mining and Smelting
- d) Copper Production and Copperworking
- e) Exchange
- 6 Conclusions
- APPENDIXES
- I: Catalogue and Comparative Analysis
- a) Catalogue of the Insignia
- b) Analysed Materials
- Insignia, Comparative Set, and Ingots/Currencies
- II: Documentation of the Identified Inventory of the Lusunsi Shrine
- III: Scientific Analyses
- a) Technical Studies
- b) Provenance of Copper-rich Metallic Artifacts from the Congo, Based on Chemical and Lead-Isotope Concentrations
- c) Analyse spectrographique de cinquante six objets provenant du Congo appartenant au Musée de l'Homme / Spectrographic Analysis of Fifty-six Objects from the Congo Now Belonging to the Musée de l'Homme (43 copper and brass objects
- 13 iron objects)
- d) Report
- IV: Historical Documents
- a.1) Archives Générales des Pères du St-Esprit, Dossier Tastevin, 1:297. 'Ka binda. Un récit historique.'
- a.2) 'Ka binda. A Historical Account'
- b.1) Archives du Musée de l'Homme, Dossier Tastevin, 34.28. 'Culte des génies. Ba kisi ba n'si'
- b.2) 'Spirit Worship. Ba kisi ba n'si.'.
- C.1) Archives du Musée de I'Homme, Dossier 34.28. Lettre d'un vieux chrétien de 78 ans, baptisé à Loanda à 20 ans, au P. Lourenço Mambuku, au sujet de la remise du matériel de Lu Sunzi par le prêtre païen Konko
- c.2) French translation
- c.3) 'Letter from an old Christian aged 78 ... '
- V: Historical Tables and Charts
- a) Consecration of the Royal Candidate in Ngoyo
- b) Ngoyo States
- c) Dates Related to the Ngoyo States
- NOTES
- WORKS CITED
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z.