Box Lid

AF516B

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF516B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Crescent shaped carved wooden box with lid; carving on lid of box is very faint, though it appears to be a series of parallel lines in sets of six swirls; on the center of lid is a distinctly raised carving of three antelope horns (Bambi).

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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