Ntadi/Mintadi

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Grave guard

Crouching human figure made of soapstone. The left arm is in front of the chest, holding a blanket in its hand across the right shoulder. The eyes and the cap are painted black. Such Mintadi figures, tomb guards, of the Bakongo people from the Boma region in the present Democratic Republic of Congo were produced up until the 1920s as a sign of the deceased's wealth.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Kongo
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Höhe: 270.0 mm, Breite: 135.0 mm, Tiefe: 60.0 mm
Material/Technique
Stonemasonry
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/0082

Provenance and sources

when
1875 - 1898

when
1899

where
Congo (location/origin)
Boma (location/origin)
Africa (location/origin)

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