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Mintadi

Scope note

Carved figures, usually of steatite, produced by the Kongo peoples of northern Angola and lower Congo, for the purpose of serving as watchmen over the deceased.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262565

Broader Terms used

funerary sculpture

Narrower Terms used

bitumba

Equivalent Terms used

ntadi

Created

13yrs ago

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