Efomba anthropomorphic coffin. Ntomba (Nkundo-Mongo).
Equator region, Zaïre. Wood, fibre, pigments.
© Africa-Museum, Tervuren
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In the Equator region, the Ntomba
share the tradition of anthropomorphic coffins with the Eleku and Nkundo.
Some coffins have housed a body, but the short and narrow model shown here
was more likely a commemorative representation.
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