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Object Number
17-41-50/B1593
Display Title
Bent-wood cylinder box with carved human head on lid
Descriptions
Object Description
Tall lidded, cylindrical container of bent wood (bark) stitched along a vertical seam with wood or cane splints. The lid is carved dense hardwood with stylized human head form, attached with 4 nails to a bent-wood cap that has small basketry handles attached to opposite sides. The flared base is carved fron the same hardwood, edges decoratively scalloped. Carved wood and bark have been treated with a darker oil or stain rubbed into the surface.
Inventory Description
Box, carved and bent wood, cylindrical, pedestal base, carved human head on lid
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ababua-Welle
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Welle River region; Democratic Republic of Congo, northeast
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 48.5 x 8.5 x 8.7 cm (19 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B1593
Provenance
Collector
Henri Pareyn
(1892 - 1894)
Collector
Leon Verstraeten
(1892 - 1894)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(1917)
Donor
Prof. A. C. Coolidge
(July 1917)
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(July 1917)
Donor
Mrs. George P. Howe
(July 1917)
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