5-16349a,b and B-1224a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Description:
Ba-Kuba box with cover. Purchased, 1968, $20, V11.a. = boxb. = cover Metal bar inside. Purchased from Mario Periotti
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, Ba-Kuba
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card file. NOTE: There is a metal object inside the box. It has no number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V 4-Bascom-3