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Object Number
17-41-50/B1875
Display Title
Palm-wine drinking cup
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved wood cup decoratively incised and "checkered". Incised pattern is in-layed with pigment.
Inventory Description
Cup, carved wood, incised anthropomorphic and geometric design
Classification
- Cup
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kuba
- Kuba
- Bashilele
- Bushoong
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
/
Kasai
Additional Geographic Terms
Democratic Republic of Congo, central
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 10 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B.1875
Provenance
Collector
Lt. G. Mackenzie
(1890 - 1900)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(1900)
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(1914 - 1917)
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