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019 _a(OCoLC)999378056
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020 _a9781442673649
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024 7 _a10.3138/9781442673649
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442673649
035 _a(DE-B1597)464379
035 _a(OCoLC)944178288
040 _aDE-B1597
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072 7 _aART015010
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082 0 4 _a967.51
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aVolavka, Zdenka
_eautore
245 1 0 _aCrown and Ritual :
_bThe Royal Insignia of Ngoyo /
_cZdenka Volavka; ed. by Wendy A. Thomas.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[1998]
264 4 _c©1998
300 _a1 online resource (480 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aOne day, more than twenty years ago, Zdenka Volavka found a lost treasure: the investiture regalia of the African kingdom of Ngoyo, dating from the Iron Age of the second millennium. The plaited copper crown or mpu, turned upside-down and filled with a jumble of metal objects, was on display in the MusTe de l'Homme in Paris, ignominiously labelled as a 'fishing basket.' These objects became the focus of Volavka's research in her remaining years, and form the subject of her book.Combining extensive field work with ethnographic, historical, scientific, and linguistic analysis, Volavka reconfigures the nature of kingship and royal ritual in Ngoyo, uncovering the objects' true meaning and function, and reintegrating them into their original context. Detailed metallurgical analyses are included, along with a study of the role of copper in the lives of the peoples of the lower Za¦re basin.Volavka provides 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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 7 _aART / African.
_2bisacsh
700 1 _aKriger, Colleen E.
_eautore
700 1 _aThomas, Wendy A.
_ecuratore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442673649
856 4 2 _3Cover
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