Purse
AF728
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF728 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bambala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Leather | Animal Hair |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Carved wooden purse with fitted lid. Lid is attached by a strip of leather (animal hair present), knotted on ends, handle. Ornamented with vertical lines. The main body of purse has a raised spout. |
| Height | 9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 820 - Other Number |
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