Box
AF587A
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF587A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Cosmetic box; semicircular container with lid; around the body of the box -interwoven pattern forming small triangles in the center; interior of box has a red hue; bottom of box is plain with a smooth surface.Semi-lunar shape. Mutu Chembe box. |
| Height | 4.5 cm |
| Length | 15.5 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 568 - Other Number |
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