In this sweeping catalogue replete with full color photographs, the Royal Museum of Central Africa documents one of the most exciting exhibitions ever devoted to Central Africa, with 250 pieces including masks, ancestor statues, ritual ...

A richly illustrated book, compiling texts by renowned experts about the history of the rotunda of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.

In addition to the splendid photographs, the book also contains a series of interviews of the most important parties involved, highlighting in each one a different aspect of this unique enterprise.

Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Treasures of the Tervuren Museum held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa in 1996-97.