Box

AF533A

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF533A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Semi-lunar shaped, carved, wooden.

Semicircular wooden container with lid; carved on the sides of the box are interlacing loops with crosshatch pattern incised in the background; small triangles are carved at both ends of front side; carved in center of the base of the box are two interlocking double lined rectangles; carved hole is found on center backside of box.

Height 5.2 cm
Length 22.5 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 574 - Original Number

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