Purse
AF730
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF730 |
| 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 twisted of leather, knottted at ends, handle. Rounded base and body, cone shaped lid. Carvings are of vertical lines, of half circles. Four of these on both front and back of object. The main body of object has a raised spout opening, in which the lid fits securely . In the mouth of the spout is stuffed a piece of fiber, possibly leather? |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 822 - Other Number |
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