Box Lid

AF587B

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF587B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Cosmetic box; semicircular container with lid; ornamentation is of geometric design-zigzag and triangles; protruding form from center of lid; lid has an inner rim that fits into the body of the box.

Similiar to AD522-ornament in relief is known as a mutuchembe, head of god.

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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