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Pende [Chief's ritual house at Akwa Mushinga]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1953
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case neuve du chef Yongo." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo."
In 1953, Leon de Sousberghe photographed the construction of chief Yongo's ritual house in the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). By rule, a chief's subjects must build the ritual house in one day. On the day of the construction, the chief, his ministers, and a few helpers rise around 5 a.m., in the pitch dark, to plant the center pole. First they dig a post hole, referred to as the house's stomach. There the minister deposits the crucial seeds and grains that the Pende grow. The secret act of burying representative seeds under the pole in the center of the house puts the life of the village under the ancestors' beneficent protection.
Local Numbers:
LS 019
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100080
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo70ee75f6e-ffcd-4aa4-b68d-14d5ff7cdff7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref586

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Akwa Mushinga]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1953
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case cheffale neuve du chef Yongo." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo."
In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.
Local Numbers:
LS 016
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Animals in art  Search this
Animals in art -- Birds  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100081
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7af20b366-7683-4aa0-8810-7d32ad871684
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref587

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Akwa Mushinga]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1953
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case cheffale neuve du chef Yongo." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo."
In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.
Local Numbers:
LS 017
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Animals in art  Search this
Animals in art -- Birds  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100082
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d9d3f823-c197-4900-a8b8-918fc811679f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref588

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Akwa Mushinga]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1953
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case neuve du chef Yongo ( à l'avant-plan)." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo ( in the foreground)."
In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.
Local Numbers:
LS 018
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Animals in art  Search this
Animals in art -- Birds  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100083
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d6b36a4b-35d4-485b-8d0f-e8bdded02d9d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref589

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Akwa Mushinga]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1953
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case cheffale neuve du chef Yongo." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo."
In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.
Local Numbers:
LS 020
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Animals in art  Search this
Animals in art -- Birds  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100084
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo782f894e2-686d-4598-a50e-4a9aabfe4fa2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref590

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Akwa Mushinga]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1953
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Faîte de case cheffale neuve construite en un jour." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Rooftop of a new chief's ritual house built in one day."
In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.
Local Numbers:
LS 050
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Animals in art  Search this
Animals in art -- Birds  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100085
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c44e5480-1cca-4438-80b7-515dfd79eeff
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref591

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1955
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Kombo-Kiboto. Près de Njinji (Kasaï)." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Kombo-Kiboto. Near Njinji (Kasaï)."
The kibulu is the chief's ritual house and enclosure. Only a chief's house would have such an enclosure. The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100086
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c0a8273d-ab96-4905-b639-229464993782
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref592

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1955
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto."
The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
Local Numbers:
LS 109
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100087
See more items in:
Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72118d371-e71e-4c9e-a0ad-b1abf2399768
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref593

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1955
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto."
The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
Local Numbers:
LS 133
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100088
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bd91f242-ed12-4c56-9483-c9d636d84691
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref594

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1955
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto."
The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Caption source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100089
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo752d09768-9746-42c5-8dab-c43073189dff
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref595

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1955
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto, près de Njinji." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto, near Njinji."
The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
Local Numbers:
LS 171
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100090
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d2d3a440-655a-4a3c-a34c-776056d1a284
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref596

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1955
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Village Kombo-Kiboto. Pièce faîtière (maternité), près de Njinji." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Village of Kombo-Kiboto, near Njinji. Mother-and-child rooftop sculpture."
The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
Local Numbers:
LS 197
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100091
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79f643e26-93c4-4547-8b97-a0683558ec0e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref597

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1955
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Kombo-Kiboto. Près de Njinji (Kasaï)." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Kombo-Kiboto. near Njinji (Kasai)."
The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
Local Numbers:
LS 144
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100092
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75e158547-12f5-47c5-82c5-3646162a2c06
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref598

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
[ca. 1957]
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto, près de Njinji (Kasai)." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto, near Njinji (Kasai)."
The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
Local Numbers:
LS 200
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
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Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100093
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7dacacfb0-3196-4134-b1b0-b33f5cafacd2
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ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref599

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
[ca. 1957]
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto."
The mother-and-child rooftop sculpture is a mid-twentieth-century innovation in a dynamically changing tradition of Eastern Pende royal architectural sculpture first documented by westerners (L. Frobenius) in 1905. The sculptor Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi from the village of Kandolo-Mututwa (Njila chiefdom) has been particularly associated with the development of this particular rooftop sculpture. This theme logically extends the iconographic significance of the rooftop sculpture along the Kasai river which was a woman that usually held the chief's ritual ax (kuba) in her right hand and the calyx (bangwa) in her left hand.
Local Numbers:
LS 134
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100094
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a57421ff-c452-4a7c-970a-b38cf10a84d1
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ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref600

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
[ca. 1957]
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Entrée case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Doorway of the chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto."
De Sousberghe photographed door-panels of the chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto (Eastern Pende). Architectural figures flanking the door of the chief's ritual house (kibulu) appear as both men and women. They represent the chief's personal guard, and serve as spirit sentinels concerned with the chief alone while the rooftop sculpture, resting on the ritual pole, functions primarily to protect the village. These door-panels are called kenene among the Eastern Pende and pego among the Central Pende.
Local Numbers:
LS 135
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100095
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77fa917d7-9b8a-42ca-8424-dbf2203427b9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref601

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
[ca. 1957]
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Entrée case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Doorway of the chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto."
De Sousberghe photographed door-panels of the chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto (Eastern Pende). Architectural figures flanking the door of the chief's ritual house (kibulu) appear as both men and women. They represent the chief's personal guard, and serve as spirit sentinels concerned with the chief alone while the rooftop sculpture, resting on the ritual pole, functions primarily to protect the village. These door-panels are called kenene among the Eastern Pende and pego among the Central Pende.
Local Numbers:
LS 136
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100096
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f9ae9c53-4709-4d38-ae6d-2e5f8b27996c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref602

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo- kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
[ca. 1957]
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Entrée case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Doorway of the chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto."
De Sousberghe photographed door-panels of the chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto (Eastern Pende). Architectural figures flanking the door of the chief's ritual house (kibulu) appear as both men and women. They represent the chief's personal guard, and serve as spirit sentinels concerned with the chief alone while the rooftop sculpture, resting on the ritual pole, functions primarily to protect the village. These door-panels are called kenene among the Eastern Pende and pego among the Central Pende.
Local Numbers:
LS 141
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100097
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Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo767d85fa2-3627-4b5f-9c22-52f650b77e45
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref603

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
[ca. 1957]
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Village Kombo-Kiboto. Panneau porte case cheffale." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Village of Kombo-Kiboto. Door-panel of the chief's ritual house."
De Sousberghe photographed door-panels of the chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto (Eastern Pende). Architectural figures flanking the door of the chief's ritual house (kibulu) appear as both men and women. They represent the chief's personal guard, and serve as spirit sentinels concerned with the chief alone while the rooftop sculpture, resting on the ritual pole, functions primarily to protect the village. These door-panels are called kenene among the Eastern Pende and pego among the Central Pende.
Local Numbers:
LS 027
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100098
See more items in:
Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77be324e3-5b18-442c-8bd2-6819af740aa1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref604

Pende [Chief's ritual house at Kombo-Kiboto]

Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Pende (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
[ca. 1957]
Scope and Contents:
Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Entrée de case cheffale à Kombo-Kiboto." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Doorway of the chief's ritual house at Kombo- Kiboto."
For the Eastern Pende, a great chief must have a small court in front, formed by a serried row of stakes or tree slips. A short fence of four of five stakes extends from that wall on each side of the house; the architectural plan thus constructs a narrow oblique path as the only route of access. The form of the palisade (tsungu) shaping the small front court is of great symbolic importance. Warnings abound for outsiders to keep their distance. Some of the stakes in the palisade express the theme of danger and forbidden entry through the metaphoric use of masks from the men's fraternity.
Local Numbers:
LS 108
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Note source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100099
See more items in:
Leon de Sousberghe photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f97a84c8-e7dc-4b85-aae9-80349f51b7f3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref605

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