Purse
AF735
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF735 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bambala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Leather |
| Description | Carved wooden purse with fitted lid. Rounded base and body, cone shaped lid. Carvings are evident but very faint-of vertical half circles, only three are evident on both front and back of object. The main body of object has a raised spout like opening, in which lid sits securely. |
| Height | 7.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 829 - Other Number |
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