Purse
AF734
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF734 |
| 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 attache with two seperate strips of leather that go through two holes, one on side of lid and other on body of object. Rounded base and body, cone shaped lid. Incised half circle, four of these on both front and back of piece. The main body of object has a raised spout type opening in which lid fits securely. |
| Height | 5.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 6607-12, 827 - Other Number |
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