Purse
AF732
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF732 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bambala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Leather |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Carved wooden purse with fitted lid. Lid is attached with a strip of leather, ends knotted, handle. Rounded base and body, cone shape lid. Carvings are of vertical lines of half circles (1/2cm apart), four of these on both front and back of object. The main body of object has a raised spout type opening, in which lid fits securely. |
| Height | 6.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 824 - Other Number |
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