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The Depository documents 4 techniques in Democratic Republic of the Congo; by risk level: 3 endangered, 1 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
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The two-stage collaborative creation of nkisi, sacred power figures produced by the Kongo peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (and neighboring Angola), through the sequential work of two distinct ritual specialists.
The construction of the three royal masks of the Bushoong, ruling group of the Kuba Kingdom, Democratic Republic of Congo, together reenacting the kingdom's foundational myth through masquerade performance.
The carving of ndop, wooden royal portrait-statues commemorating individual kings (nyim) of the Kuba Kingdom, Democratic Republic of Congo, produced by recognized specialist artists working for royal patrons from the late 18th century…
The weaving and cut-pile embroidery of raffia palm fiber into geometrically patterned prestige cloth by the Kuba Kingdom peoples -- an 18-subgroup Bantu confederacy dominated by the Bushoong -- of the Kasai and Sankuru river region,…