Box

AF517A

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF517A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Pianga
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Crescent shaped, carved wooden box with lid; the exterior of the body of the box is ornamented with carvings of geometric forms such as X's, diamonds and lines; on bottome of box there are two faint lines that run parallel around the bottom, in the center is a faint carving of two rectanglar shapes, one incised horizontally and the second one inset vertically; a hole is found in the center bottom of the the box.

Height 6 cm
Length 18 cm
Width 7.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 576 - Other Number

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