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Object Number 15-28-50/B671
Display Title Lunate wooden box, incised ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, carved wood, crescent shaped, incised geometric designs, chipped rim
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bateke
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Sankuro River
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 5.4 x 25.5 x 7 cm (2 1/8 x 10 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-28-50 B-671

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