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The Depository documents 3 techniques in Central African Republic; by risk level: 1 critically endangered, 2 endangered. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The single-log carving of monumental, animal-form slit gongs by the Banda people, the largest single ethnic group in the Central African Republic, historically owned by chiefs across a shared cultural zone spanning north-central Congo and…
The construction of the kundi (or kende), a bow harp of the Zande people of the Central African Republic, and the closely related ngombi arched harp of the wider region, alongside the Ngbaka people's distinctive mbela musical bow.
The carving of small wooden yanda figures by the Zande (Azande) people, whose territory spans the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic.