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African Tribal Art
Kuba Carved Wood Cosmetic Box
- Culture
- Kuba
- Origin
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Period
- 20th century
- Object
- Box
- Materials
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 33 × 11.4 × 12.7 cm
- Catalogue
- TRB-067
A crescent-shaped wooden box made to hold camwood powder, the lid carved in high relief with a horned figure and the surfaces covered in incised patterns. Traces of red powder remain inside. There is old insect damage.
Provenance
Estate of Thomas McNemar (1931–2020), who collected in Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and ran galleries of African art in New York and San Francisco.Acquired
Hilliard & Co. · 2022
