CHAPTER 4 THE SCOURGE OF CHIEF KANSABALA: THE RITUAL LIFE OF TWO CONGOLESE MASTERPIECES AT THE ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA (1884–2001)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF FIGURES vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION: SCIENCE, MAGIC AND RELIGION: THE RITUAL PROCESSES OF MUSEUM MAGIC 1
6. PART I OBJECTS OF SCIENCE? BABY AND THE MUMMIES
7. CHAPTER 1 MEMORIALISING THE FUTURE – THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY IN MANCHESTER 29
8. CHAPTER 2 UNWRAPPING MUMMIES AND TELLING THEIR STORIES: EGYPTIAN MUMMIES IN MUSEUM RHETORIC 51
9. PART II SITE SPECIFICS: THE CASE OF TERVUREN
10. CHAPTER 3 CONGO-VISION 75
11. CHAPTER 4 THE SCOURGE OF CHIEF KANSABALA: THE RITUAL LIFE OF TWO CONGOLESE MASTERPIECES AT THE ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA (1884–2001) 95
12. PART III ENCOUNTERS, PERFORMANCES AND UNPREDICTABLES
13. CHAPTER 5 PARADISE IN THE MAKING AT ARTIS ZOO, AMSTERDAM 119
14. CHAPTER 6 THE NATURAL MAGIC OF MONTE SAN GIOVANNI: AUTHORITY, AUTHENTICITY AND RITUAL IN SARDINIA 141
15. CHAPTER 7 THE PERFORMANCE OF HERITAGE IN A RECONSTRUCTED, POST-APARTHEID MUSEUM IN NAMIBIA 161
16. CHAPTER 8 HAUNTED ART: VISITING AN EXHIBIT IN WEIMAR 182
17. PART IV DILEMMAS OF ENCHANTMENT
18. CHAPTER 9 ENCHANTMENT AND ITS DILEMMAS: THE MUSEUM AS A RITUAL SITE 209
19. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 229
20. INDEX 233