Returned to lender The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.

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

Hector Deleval Belgian

Not on view

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.

Ancestral Shrine (Nzo a Bakulu) for a Yombe Chief at Burial Site (Case-fétiche au Congo), Hector Deleval (Belgian, 1873–1953)

This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Open Access

As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.

API

Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API.