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Bark boxes (pails) for storing goods
Bark boxes (pails) for storing goods
Object Number 22-2-50/B3608
Display Title Bark boxes (pails) for storing goods
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, round, cylindrical with lid, sewn fiber seams, metal hooks
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Spanish Guinea
Materials Wood, Fiber, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 35.4 x 27 x 26.1 cm (13 15/16 x 10 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3608, G. Shwab

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Bark boxes (pails) for storing goods
22-2-50/B3608.1 Bark boxes (pails) for storing goods
Box
Spanish Guinea
Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
2004.24.24200A Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
Cameroon
Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
2004.24.24200C Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
Cameroon
Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
2004.24.24200B Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed
Cameroon
Image Not Available for Fragments of pails "bail eyes"
11-50-40/83380 Fragments of pails "bail eyes"
Metal
Italy
Milk pails
33-60-50/H1279.2 Milk pails
Container
Tanzania
Milk pails
30-66-50/H1279 Milk pails
Jar
Tanzania
Snuff or tobacco boxes, bark and wood
24-48-60/D2004.2 Snuff or tobacco boxes, bark and wood
Box
Siberia
Birch bark boxes, ornamented
24-48-60/D2309 Birch bark boxes, ornamented
Box
Siberia
Birch bark snuff and tobacco boxes
24-48-60/D2310 Birch bark snuff and tobacco boxes
Box
Siberia
Fragments of pails bail eyes
11-50-40/83420 Fragments of pails bail eyes
Vessels
Raw Material
Italy
Milk pails
30-66-50/H1279.6 Milk pails
Container
Tanzania