(a) box: wood; brown; crescent shape; carved panels with assorted designs with diamonds, interlocking circles, checkerboard and triangular patterns; (b) lid, same as above
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Rep. of the Congo; Cent. Bantu; Kasai cluster; Kuba (Ba-kuba)
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (carved)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Woodcarvings (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
December 23, 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
(a)— 18 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: College of San Mateo, 1967
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)