Volavka, Zdenka. -- Crown and Ritual : The Royal Insignia of Ngoyo. Edited by Wendy A. Thomas, Introduction and conclusion by Colleen E. Kriger. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1998, 411 p., illustrations.
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John K. Thornton, « Volavka, Zdenka. -- Crown and Ritual : The Royal Insignia of Ngoyo. Edited by Wendy A. Thomas, Introduction and conclusion by Colleen E. Kriger. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1998, 411 p., illustrations. », Cahiers d’études africaines, ID : 10.4000/etudesafricaines.63
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In 1976 Zdenka Volavka discovered the central item of a royal shrine of the Kingdom of Ngoyo among uncatalogued items in the basement of the Musée de l'Homme. It was labeled, ignominiously, a "fishing basket" even though it was made of carefully worked copper. She spent the remainder of her life studying this object and its context, and died in 1990 with a large unfinished manuscript of her lengthy and painstaking work. Fortunately, Wendy Thomas took over the project and, working from ...