Purse

AF729

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF729
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bambala
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood | Leather | Plant Fiber
Technique Carved
Description

Carved wooden purse with fitted lid. Lid is attached with a strip of leather(leather is knotted on both ends). Rounded base and body, top of lid forms a point. Carvings are of vertical lines in half circle shapes, three on both back and front. Incised vertical lives encircle rim of object. The main body of purse ahs a raised spout, inwhich the lid fits over. A piece of material in stuffed in spout.

Height 6 cm
Outside Diameter 6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 6607-11, 821 - Other Number

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