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Rethinking Collections (temporary exhibition 19.01.2024 > 29.09.2024)

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Photos

  • Mise-en-scène met schedels van olifanten / Mise en scène avec installation de crânes d’éléphants / Mise-en-scène with skulls of elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis). Moma region, Équateur, RD Congo. s.d. Photographer S. Molin. Gift. 1935. Collection RMCA, AP.0.0.35868. All rights reserved.

  • Chef Yakaumbu Kamanda Lumpungu en zijn
    echtgenote Mfute Lushiya / Chef Yakaumbu Kamanda Lumpungu et son épouse Mfute Lushiya / Chief Yakaumbu Kamanda Lumpungu and his wife Mfute Lushiya. Léopold Gabriel. 1929. AP.0.2.9958. All rights reserved.

  • Steve Bandoma (Congolese, 1981, lives and works in Kinshasa). Corvée (Karwei / Chore). From the ‘Lost Tribe series’. 2020. Ink on paper. 2022.5.1.© S. Bandoma for the artwork; photo © RMCA.

  • Sarah Van Beurden, Didier Gondola & Agnès Lacaille (eds.), (RE)MAKING COLLECTIONS. Origins, Trajectories & Reconnections / LA FABRIQUE DES COLLECTIONS: Origines, trajectoires & reconnexions. Reeks/collection/ series ‘Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities’, vol. 181. Tervuren: KMMA/MRAC/RMCA, 2023.

  • Géraldine Tobe (Congolese, Kinshasa, 1992, lives and works in Kinshasa). Le Cri de L’âme. (De kreet van de ziel / The cry of the soul). From ‘Kalunga’ series. 2021. Smoke on canvas. © G. Tobe for the artwork, photo and © Jeanpy Kabongo

  • Kaz. La Mort du chef coutumier Lumpungu Kaumbu Ka Ngoie. (De dood van tradionele chef Lumpungu Kaumbu Ka Ngoie / The death of traditional chief Lumpungu Kaumbu Ka Ngoie). RD Congo. 1989. Oil on canvas. Purchase from B. Jewsiewicki, 2013. HO.2013.57.125, collection RMCA. All rights reserved; photo © RMCA.

  • Gyela lu Zauli. Masker / Masque / Mask. Tibeita, Côte d’Ivoire. [Guro]. Created by Sabu bi Boti. Wood, pigment, nylon. Field collected by A.-M. Bouttiaux. 2002. EO.2002.6.1, collection RMCA. Photo J.-M. Vandyck, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode).

  • Antropomorfe hoofdsteun / Appuie-tête anthropomorphe / Anthropomorphic headrest. Kasaï, RD Congo. [Luluwa]. Late 19th-early 20th century. Wood (Crossopterix febrifuga), pigment. Acquired by CICM congregation. Gift. 1914. EO.0.0.18802, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo R. Asselberghs, CC-BY 4.0.

 

Human Zoo. The age of colonial exhibitions (temporary exhibition - 09.11.2021 - 06.03.2022)

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Images

Sauvage. Mange l’étoupe enflammée. Les lapins vivants. Bouts de cigares. France. 1895. Chromolithography. © Groupe de recherche Achac, Paris/priv. coll.

Exposition internationale. Bruxelles-Tervuren. Brussel- Tervuren. Belgium. 1897. Poster by H. Reymond. © Priv. coll.

La Vénus Hottentote du Jardin d’acclimatation. Paris, France. 1888. Music score. © Groupe de recherche Achac, Paris/priv. coll.

Peaux-Rouges. Jardin d’acclimatation. Paris, France. 1883. Poster signed Charles Tichon. © Priv. coll.

Août 1885 – Groupe [de Congolais] sur le vapeur Afri[k]aan de la maison hollandaise. Rapatriement de Massala et quelques boys. Belgium. 1885 (August). Photograph by Adolphe Henri Albert de Macar. Coll. RMCA, AP.0.0.16788; © RMCA Tervuren.

« Le 12 mai 1885 sont arrivés à Anvers 12 nègres [sic] du Congo, venant participer à l'Exposition universelle d'Anvers. Le principal personnage de la troupe est le roi Massala, des environs de Vivi, accompagné de son fils Mango. […] »,
Photo in the periodical Mouvement géographique. Belgium. 1885 (May, 17). Coll. RMCA Tervuren. HP.1928.578.1.

Types de races de l’Homme. Amérique, Australie et Polynésie. Austria. ca. 1903. Chart by E. Hölzel. © Priv. coll.

Petites négresses. France. 1897. Chromolithography © Groupe de recherche Achac, Paris/priv. coll.

Palais des colonies. Exposition universelle de Bruxelles. Belgium. 1897. Postcard. © Groupe de recherche Achac/priv. coll.

Village sénégalais. Un coin du village. Exposition universelle de Liège. Belgium. 1905. Postcard. © Groupe de recherche Achac/priv. coll.

Édouard Manduau. La Civilisation au Congo. Kinshasa, DR Congo. 1884. Oil on canvas. Coll. RMCA, HO.0.1.770; © RMCA Tervuren.

Souvenir de l’Exposition universelle d’Anvers. Types guerriers de la Province équatoriale du Soudan. Belgium. 1894. Postcard. © Groupe de recherche Achac/priv. coll.

Les tombes avant le dépôt des fleurs. Tervuren, Belgium. 1930. Photo. © Coll. RMCA Tervuren. AP.0.0.27947

Exposition de Nancy. Village alsacien. France. 1909. Poster by C. Spindler. © Priv. coll.

Exposition internationale, coloniale, maritime et d’art flamand d’Anvers. Belgium. 1930. Illustrated postcard. © Groupe de recherche Achac, Paris/priv. coll.

Aerial view of the Colonial Exhibition of Elisabethville. Congo. 1931. Photo. Reproduction. Coll.© RMCA Tervuren. HP.2004.6.6-21.

Siebold’s Völkerschau. Die Giraffenhals Frauen. Germany. 1925. Postcard. © Groupe de recherche Achac, Paris/priv. coll.

Children’s dances. African village. Antwerp Exhibition. Belgium. 1930. Postcard. © Groupe de recherche Achac, Paris/priv. coll.

Exposition universelle de Bruxelles. Le pavillon du Congo. Belgium. 1958. Postcard. © Groupe de recherche Achac, Paris/priv. coll.

Bongolo et la princesse noire - Bongolo en de negerprinses.  Belgium. 1953. Poster by Wik for the André Cauvin film. © Priv. coll.

During their study visit, the fifteen Congolese invited by the Ministry of Colonies paid tribute to Congolese who died in Belgium in 1897. Belgium. 1953. Photo (Inforcongo). Coll. RMCA Tervuren. HP.1955.17.43.

Vénus noire (movie by Abdellatif Kechiche). France. Poster. 2010. Reserved Rights.

Roméo Mivekannin, Hommage aux 7, 2021

Teddy Mazina, Muzungu Tribes

Restitution and provenance research 06.07.2021

Thomas Dermine, State Secretary for Economic Recovery and Strategic Investments, in charge of Scientific Policy

© Illias Teirlinck

 

 

 

Three displays in the museum area.

Nkisi nkonde. Beeld / Statue / Statue / [Yombe; Kakongo].RD Congo. 1st quarter of the 19th century. Wood (Canarium schweinfurthii. Collected by A. Delcommune. 1878. Registered in 1912. EO.0.0.7943.

ikishi lya kashina kaji Masker / Masque / Mask. Chingalala, Northwestern Province, Zambia. [Lenga Navo]. Created by Kenneth Lizambo. Late 20th century. Hide, plant fibre, pigment, paper, tar or resin, plastic. Field-collected by B. Wastiau. 1997. EO.1998.14.44.

Idimu. Masker / Masque / mask. [Lega]. RD Congo. 2nd quarter of the 19th century. Elephant ivory. Collected by D. Biebuyck. 1952. Registered in 1955. EO.1955.3.53.

 

 

A selection of the tour

Nkishi. Krachtbeeld / Statue de force / Power figure. Lomami, RD Congo. [Songye]. 20th century. Wood, copper alloy, iron, plant fibre, horn, hide. Bequest from J. Walschot. 1980. EO.1980.2.492.     Photo J. Van de Vyver, MRAC Tervuren ©

Helmmasker / Masque-heaume / Helmet mask. Kindundu, Kwilu, RD Congo. [Suku]. Early 20th century. Wood (Ricinodendron heudelotii), pigment, plant fibre. Gift from the Compagnie du Kasaï. 1913. EO.0.0.15374.Photo R. Asselberghs, MRAC Tervuren ©

Fragment van een kumbi bedstijl / Fragment d’un montant de lit kumbi / Fragment of kumbi bedpost. Kangu, Kongo-Central, RD Congo. [Yombe]. Late 19th century. Wood (Adansonia digitata), black pigment. Gift from N. De Cleene. 1934. EO.0.0.35776. Photo R. Asselberghs, MRAC Tervuren ©

Olifantenmasker / Masque d’éléphant / Elephant mask. Former province Katanga. RD Congo. [Luba]. 19th century. Wood (Ricinodendron sp.), pigment. Gift from C.F.A. Lemaire. 1899. EO.0.0.3722. Photo J.-M. Vandyck, MRAC Tervuren ©

Voorouderbeeld dat bekendstaat als Lusinga / Statue d’ancêtre connu sous le nom de Lusinga / Ancestral statue known as Lusinga. Marungu, Tanganyika, RD Congo. [Tabwa]. Before 1885. Wood (Vitex madiensis), pigment, chicken feather, warthog tooth, monitor lizard, cotton, glass beads. War booty. Gift from the widow of E. Storms. 1930. EO.0.0.31660.Photo J.-M. Vandyck, MRAC Tervuren ©

Antropo-zoömorf masker / Masque anthropo-zoomorphe / Anthropo-zoomorphic mask. Luulu, Katanga, RD Congo. [Luba]. 2nd quarter of the 19th century. Wood (Ricinodendron rautanenii). Purchase from the widow of O. Michaux. 1919. EO.0.0.23470. Photo J. Van de Vyver, MRAC Tervuren ©

Sclerophrys regularis. Bokaal met specimens in alcohol / Bocal avec échantillons en alcool / Jar with specimens in alcohol. Parc national Albert, Kivu, RD Congo. 1955. Field-collected by G.-F. de Witte. 1955. B.119166, B.119175, B.119176, B.119191-92, B.119193-94.

Cihongo. Masker / Masque / Mask. Dilolo, Katanga, RD Congo.[Tshokwe]. Branch, feather, pith, paper, plant fiber, bark cloth, hide. Field-collected by G.F. de Witte. 1931. EO.0.0.33780-1. Photo R. Asselberghs, MRAC Tervuren ©

Zoöloog Gaston-François de Witte met zijn Tshokwe-maskercollectie. 1931. HP.2011.62.14-104. Le zoologue G.-F. de Witte posant avec sa collecte de masques tshokwe. 1931. HP.2011.62.14-104. Photo MAC Tervuren ©

Ivoren signaalfluitjes met modulatiegat / Sifflets en ivoire à trou de modulation / Ivory whistles with modulation hole. [Pende]. Kwilu, RD Congo. Late 19th century. Ivory. Purchase. MO.0.0.15678. Photo J. Van de Vyver, MRAC Tervuren ©

Portret van Léon Rom /Portrait de L. Rom. HP.1955.54.283.

Kiswahili-manuscript, geschreven in aangepast Arabisch schrift (correspondentie over de handel in stoffen en ivoor) / Manuscrit kiswahili en caractères arabes adaptés (Correspondance relative au commerce des étoffes et de l'ivoire) / Kiswahili manuscript written in adapted Arabic script (Correspondence concerning ivory and textile trade). Purchase from widow of L. Rom. 1925. HA.01.0139.2.

Temporary exhibition "Mabele eleki lola !" (29.10.2020 - 15.08.2021)

 

Pieces by Freddy Tsimba

  • Les Rescapés

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Series Rescapés, (Survivors series), no. 512. 2016. Melted casings, chains. Private collection. Photo J.-M. Vandyck © RMCA Tervuren.

     

  • Réveil Sommeil

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Réveil Sommeil (Revival Sleep). 2011. Scrap materials, found spoons, knives, and chair. Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon. Photo © Mathieu Lombard. Courtesy Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon.

  • Cross

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Croix (Cross). 2018. Scrap materials, mousetraps. ‘Les archives suédoises’ project. Kalmar, Konstmuseum, Sweden. Artist’s collection, Ghent.

  • back

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Dos (Back), no. 999. 2016. Chains. Private collection.

     

  • I will not give them

    I will not give them my diamond, 2014. Scrap materials, found keys. Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon. Photo © Mathieu Lombard. Courtesy Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon.

     

  • Maison machettes

    Maison machettes (Machete house). 2012. Machetes, wood and metal. Artist’s collection, Kinshasa. Photo © Cédric Nzolo.

     

  • Corps d'homme

    Les Oubliés du temps. Corps d’hommes (Forgotten by time. Men’s bodies), 2016. Scrap materials, keys, spoons, forks, scissors, bottle caps, mousetraps, casings. Artist’s collection, Kinshasa. Photo © Wonda-Mansia.

     

  • Painting

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Sans titre (Untitled) XV,
    2007. Coffee and pigments on canvas. Collection Fondation Blachère, Apt. P FT 07 RDC 00.26E. Photo © Fondation Blachère.

     

  • Encore un effort

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Encore un effort… (Give it another shot…), 2011. Scrap materials, found spoons and forks, iron. Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon. Photo © Mathieu Lombard. Courtesy  collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon.

  • Les amants

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Les Amants du fort de Romainville (The lovers of Fort Romainville), no.
    30010, 2020. Scrap materials, found forks and spoons, fencing. Artist’s collection, Kinshasa. Photo © Wonda-Mansia.

  • Centres fermés rêves ouverts

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Centres fermés, rêves
    ouverts (Closed centres, open dreams), Tervuren, 2016. Rebar from the Tervuren construction site, spoons from Kinshasa. IL.2016.10, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo J. Van de Vyver © RMCA.

  • Ombres

    Freddy Tsimba (1967), Ombres (Shadows), Tervuren, 2016. 2016.45, collection RMCA, Tervuren; photo J. Van de Vyver © RMCA.

     

     

 

Pieces of the AfricaMuseum

  • Dipola. Mask. Masuika, Kasaï central, DR Congo.[Salampasu]. Before 1950. Wood, red copper,brass, plant fibre, pigment, turaco feathers.Gift from H. Bogaerts, 1950. EO.1950.14.6, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo J.-M. Vandyck © RMCA Tervuren.

     

  • Kangi kiditu. Crucifix. Kongo central, DR Congo. [Kongo]. s.d. Wood, copper, brass. Gift from Les Amis du Musée. HO.1963.66.1, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo J. Van de Vyver © RMCA Tervuren.

     

  • Crucifix with mother and child. Kongo central, DR Congo. [Kongo]. 19th century. Brass. HO.1973.48.1, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo © RMCA Tervuren.

     

  • Mother-and-child figure. Kongo central, DR Congo. [Yombe]. Before 1955. Wood, pigments, glass. Gift from M. Valcke, 1955. EO.1955.98.40, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo J.-M. Vandyck © RMCA Tervuren.

  • Ndona Nkento. Mother-and-child figure. Kongo central, DR Congo. [Yombe]. Before 1977. Wood, pigments. Purchase from F. Van Noten, 1977. EO.1976.77.1, collection RMCA Tervuren ; photo J. Van de Vyver © RMCA Tervuren.

  • Mother-and-child figure. Mayumbe, Kongo central, DR Congo. [Yombe]. Before 1910. Wood, kaolin, black pigment, red pigment. Collected by Vankerkhoven, before 1909. EO.0.0.1040-1, collection RMCA Tervuren ; photo J. Van de Vyver © RMCA Tervuren.

  • Sword. DR Congo. [Azande, Boa, Bandja]. s.d. Iron, copper, wood. Acquired in 1938. EO.0.0.38192, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo J.-M. Vandyck © RMCA Tervuren. 

 

Portraits of Freddy Tsimba and Jean Bofane

  • Portrait of Freddy Tsimba

    Freddy Tsimba © Atelier Chaillot, Paris

     

  • Freddy Tsimba
    Foto © Renaud Barret

  • Portrait of Freddy Tsimba

    Freddy Tsimba in front of his atelier.
    Foto © Renaud Barret.
     

  • Portrait of Jean Bofane

    Jean Bofane

The exhibition

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Reopening of the museum 08.12.2018

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The museum directors

  • Guido Gryseels, General director AfricaMuseum
    (landscape)
    © Frank Abbeloos

     

  • Guido Gryseels, General director AfricaMuseum
    (portrait)
    © Frank Abbeloos

  • Bruno Verbergt, Operational director Public oriented services
    (landscape)
    © Frank Abbeloos

     

  • Bruno Verbergt, Operational director Public oriented services
    (portrait)
    © Frank Abbeloos

     

  • Guido Gryseels, General director AfricaMuseum
    (portrait)
    © C Dercon

The museum building

  • The new Visitor's Pavilion
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • The new Visitor's Pavilion
    © RMCA, Tervuren

     

  • View from the new Visitor's Pavilion
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • View from the new Visitor's Pavilion
    © David Plas

     

  • The new Visitor's Pavilion
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

  • © David Plas

  • The rotunda
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

  • Staircase
    © David Plas

The galleries

  • A view from the Introduction gallery: A Museum in motion
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

     

  • A view from the Introduction gallery: A Museum in motion
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view from the gallery Languages and Music
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • View of the long hall connecting the entrance pavilion to the restored museum building © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view from the gallery Rituals and Ceremonies
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

     

  • A view from the gallery Rituals and Ceremonies
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view from the gallery Long History
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view from the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • The mounted giraffe in the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

     

  • The mounted elephant in the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view from the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • The Crocodile Room
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • The mounted giraffe in the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
    © David Plas

     

  • View on the xylotheque in the gallery The Resource Paradox
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

     

  • View of the Taxolab
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • Arsène Matton (1873-1953), Belgium brings civilisation to Congo with installation van Aimé Mpane & J.P. Müller
    © photo JP Müller

     

  • A view of the exhibition From the collection: Unrivalled art
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view of the exhibition From the collection: Unrivalled art
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view of the exhibition From the collection: Unrivalled art
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view of the exhibition From the collection: Unrivalled art
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • A view of the Mineral Cabinet
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

  • A view of the installation of Freddy Tsimba Centres fermés, rêves ouverts
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

  • Aerial view of a (de)forested area in Bokito, Cameroun, in The Resource Paradox
    © CIFOR, foto M. Edliadi

  • Adult Pericopsis elata in the gallery The Resource Paradox
    © RMCA, Tervuren

Collection items

  • Luba helmet mask, Luba. Katanga, D.R. Congo. Wood (Ricinodendron rautanenii), H 39 cm, inv. no. EO.0.0.23470
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • Mbangu mask, Central Pende, Bandundu, D.R. Congo. Wood (Ricinodendron heudelotii), pigments and fibres, H. 27cm – W. 22cm, inv. no. EO.1959.15.18
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo R. Asselberghs

     

  • Pendant, Hungaan. D.R. Congo. 2nd quarter of the 19th century. Elephant ivory. Inv. no. EO.0.0.16707
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • Mukanda mask, Yaka. D.R. Congo. 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Wood (Alstonia congensis). Inv. no. EO.1948.27.38
    © RMCA, Tervuren,  photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • Zoomorphic slit drum,  D.R. Congo. Inv. no. MO.0.0.36413
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

  • Anthropomophic coffin,  Ntomba, Wangatawa Ibongo, Equatorial region, D.R. Congo. Wood, fibre, pigments. Inv. no. EO.0.0.37340
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

  • Sabu Bi Boti, Gyela lu Zauli mask,  Tibeita, Sassandra-Marahoué, Côte d'Ivoire. Guro. Late 20th century. Wood, paint, animal skin, cotton, synthetic fibre. Inv. no. EO.1999.18.73.
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo R. Asselberghs - F. Dehaen

  • Proverb string,  Maniema, D.R. Congo. Lega. Wood, plant fibre, cloth, leaf, seed pods, calabash. Inv. no. EO.1975.48.2
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Contemporary art

  • Aimé Mpane (Kinshasa, DR Congo, °1968). New breath, or Burgeoning Congo, Nivelles, 2017. Wood, bronze, Collection RMCA, inv. no.2017.7.1
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • Chéri Samba, Réorganisation, 2002, Collection RMCA, HO.0.1.3865. Rights reserved.

     

  • Aimé Ntakiyica, Histoire de famille. Arbre généalogique n°1, 2016. Glass and wool. Installation in the Afropea gallery. Collection RMCA, inv. no. 2017.6.1.
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

     

  • Michèle Magema, Mémoires Hévéa, entre Histoire et histoires individuelles, 2015. Installation with portraits and drawings. Collection RMCA, inv.no. 2016.44.1
    © Michèle Magema

  • Michèle Magema, Mémoires Hévéa, entre Histoire et histoires individuelles, 2015. Installation with portraits and drawings. Collection RMCA, inv.no. 2016.44.1
    © Michèle Magema

  • Michèle Magema, Mémoires Hévéa, entre Histoire et histoires individuelles, 2015. Installation with portraits and drawings. Collection RMCA, inv.no. 2016.44.1
    © Michèle Magema

  • Freddy Tsimba, Ombres (Shadows), 2016. Collection RMCA, inv. no. 2016.45.
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

  • Iviart Izamba, Fauteuil Mobutu, 2010, Collection RMCA, 2011.54.1
    © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver