H x W x D: 14 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm (5 1/2 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
Kasai-Sankuru River region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date:
Mid 20th century
Description:
Lidded box in the form of a basket with square base and top and round body. Knob handle on lid. Red powder in interior.
Provenance:
Eliot Elisofon, New York, collected Mushenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1951
Exhibition History:
African Emblems of Status, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1982-April 3, 1983
Published References:
Elisofon, Eliot. 1958. The Sculpture of Africa. New York: Praeger, p. 211, no. 272.
Robbins, Warren M. and Nancy I. Nooter. 1989. African Art in American Collections. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 426, no. 1083.
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