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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-2-50/B3608.1 | Bark boxes (pails) for storing goods |
Box
|
Spanish Guinea
| |
| 2004.24.24200A | Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.24200C | Ebony effigy used on covers of bark pails in which ancestral skulls are placed |
Cameroon
| ||
| 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
| |
| 24-48-60/D2309 | Birch bark boxes, ornamented |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2004.2 | Snuff or tobacco boxes, bark and wood |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 33-60-50/H1279.2 | Milk pails |
Container
|
Tanzania
| |
| 30-66-50/H1279 | Milk pails |
Jar
|
Tanzania
| |
| 24-48-60/D2310 | Birch bark snuff and tobacco boxes |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 11-50-40/83420 | Fragments of pails bail eyes |
Vessels
Raw Material |
Italy
| |
| 30-66-50/H1279.6 | Milk pails |
Container
|
Tanzania
|