1 avr. 1770 - Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul

Description:

1760-1780 CE
Wood
Kuba peoples (Democratic republic of the Congo)
• King was celebrated throughout his kingdom for generosity and great number of loyal subjects, received own praise song
• In 1710 he commissioned a portrait-statue, ndop
• Oral narrative was the method for histories to be passed down, which were changed and adapted to reflect times, only spirit of original meaning is preserved