Box

AF514A

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF514A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Bashoba
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Wooden paint box in which has been kept red camwood powder mixed with oil.

Crescent shaped wooden box with lid; sides of box are ornamentally carved with a horizontal diamond motif.

Height 5.6 cm
Length 31 cm
Width 13 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 603 - Other Number

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