Box Lid
AF534B
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF534B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bushongo |
Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Fiber |
Technique | Carved |
Description | Semicircular wooden container with lid; carving on lid is of tiny raised diamonds on upper portion, below are a series of intertwining rows of parallel lines; vertically in center of lid is a raised upside down U shape, knob; directly above knob is carved a hole; lid has an interior rim which fits securely into body of box. |
Height | 6 cm |
Length | 19 cm |
Width | 8.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 574 - Original Number |
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