Box with lid ·  R. D. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3035762

Description

wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, sickle-shaped, Kuba characteristic fine ornaments, pigment remains inside, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
Kuba women owned sickle-shaped boxes to keep cosmetics, needles, beads and other personal belongings.

Littérature comparée

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 70