Crescent-shaped box (part a) with lid (part b) made of carved wood. The concave side of the box and centre area of the convex are decorated with three bands of lines, zigzagging in a loosely plaited pattern. The other areas are filled with small repeating triangle patterns. The lid is decorated with squares which switch between horizontal and vertical lines, replicating a woven pattern. Two turtles are carved on either end of the lid.

• Narrative

  Collected by the donor in Mushenge, Kasai province, in 1990-91.

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• Type of Item box
• Culture Kuba
• Material wood
• Measurements height 7.5 cm, width 12.5 cm, depth 30.3 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Roxane Connick Carlisle
• Received from Roxane Connick Carlisle

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• Made in Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Collected in Kasai

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• Collection Date between 1990 and 1991
• Ownership Date before September 17, 2018
• Acquisition Date on September 17, 2018

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3321/0004 a-b