Box Item Number: 3321/4 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Crescent-shaped box (part a) with lid (part b) made of carved wood. The concave side of the box and centre area of the convex are decorated with three bands of lines, zigzagging in a loosely plaited pattern. The other areas are filled with small repeating triangle patterns. The lid is decorated with squares which switch between horizontal and vertical lines, replicating a woven pattern. Two turtles are carved on either end of the lid.

Narrative

Collected by the donor in Mushenge, Kasai province, in 1990-91.