Box and lid

Museum number:
5-14072a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210514072a@2cb
Alternate number:
B1178 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3589
Description:
Black box with lid. Wood, half circle shape, carved, all-over geometric design, stained black. A-Box, B-Lid lg. - 33 1/2 cm., wd. - 15 cm., dp. - 6 1/2 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Congo, Ba-Kuba (Murdock 38:21)
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
December 8, 1980
Context of use:
Probably used as cosmetic box.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters, length 33.5 centimeters, and width 15 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Box and lid, accession number 5-14072a,b, described as Black box with lid. Wood, half circle shape, carved, all-over geometric design, stained black. A-Box, B-Lid lg. - 33 1/2 cm., wd. - 15 cm., dp. - 6 1/2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Box and lid, accession number 5-14072a,b, described as Black box with lid. Wood, half circle shape, carved, all-over geometric design, stained black. A-Box, B-Lid lg. - 33 1/2 cm., wd. - 15 cm., dp. - 6 1/2 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Box and lid, accession number 5-14072a,b, described as Black box with lid. Wood, half circle shape, carved, all-over geometric design, stained black. A-Box, B-Lid lg. - 33 1/2 cm., wd. - 15 cm., dp. - 6 1/2 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Box and lid, accession number 5-14072a,b, described as Black box with lid. Wood, half circle shape, carved, all-over geometric design, stained black. A-Box, B-Lid lg. - 33 1/2 cm., wd. - 15 cm., dp. - 6 1/2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box and lid, accession number 5-14072a,b, described as Black box with lid. Wood, half circle shape, carved, all-over geometric design, stained black. A-Box, B-Lid lg. - 33 1/2 cm., wd. - 15 cm., dp. - 6 1/2 cm.

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