Box
AF516A
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF516A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bambala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Crescent shaped carved wooden box with lid; carving on sides of box are very faint, though it appears to be a series of parallel lines in sets of six swirls; interior of box has a red powderly hue. Semi-lunar shaped. Knob: Bambi (antelope). |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Length | 23.5 cm |
| Width | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | N562 - Other Number |
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