Prof. Dr. Raymond Corbey
Raymond Corbey is an anthropologist at the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University, the Netherlands. His recent research focuses on the ritual art and the cosmologies of various peoples of New Guinea, Insular Southeast Asia and Central Africa.
Books by Raymond Corbey
Death and Display
Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Raymond Corbey | 2024
During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the…
