Ancestral Shrine (Nzo a Bakulu) for a Yombe Chief at Burial Site (Case-fétiche au Congo)

Photograph, ca. 1908; postcard, early 20th century

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

In 1908 Hector Deleval photographed several of the distinctive thatched open-front structures that served as ancestral shrines dedicated to chiefs of the Mayombe region in an area bordering the Lubuzi River, a tributary of the Chiloango River.

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Title: Ancestral Shrine (Nzo a Bakulu) for a Yombe Chief at Burial Site (Case-fétiche au Congo)
Artist: Hector Deleval (Belgian, 1873–1953)
Date: Photograph, ca. 1908; postcard, early 20th century
Geography: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubuzi River region
Dimensions: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Classification: Postcards
Credit Line: Holly W. Ross Postcard Collection, Princeton
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing