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Food dish cover
Object Number 29-43-50/B4747
Display Title Food dish cover
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden lid with handle, oval, incised and burned triangular design at rim
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, South central
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 24.1 x 11.5 x 8 cm (9 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4747

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