Box Lid
AF535B
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF535B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Pianga |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Semicircular wooden container with lid; carving on lid is made up of four vertical segments (two on both far sides are thin and slightly bent); next to segements are a series of interlacing zigzag lines; set of carved antelopes horns protrude from the center; a hole is carved between the tips of the two horns; lid has an interior rim which fits securley into body of the box. Semi-lunar shape. |
| Height | 6 cm |
| Length | 23 cm |
| Width | 8.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 586 - Other Number |
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