niombo

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Scope note
Large anthropomorphic funerary figures, made by wrapping red cloth over the dried corpse of a chief or other person of high status, during funerary rites of the Bwendi and Kamba peoples of Africa.
niombo
Accepted term: 22-Dec-2025