Donor Name:

Rev. D W. Snyder  Search this

Length:

69 cm

Culture:

Kete  Search this

(Ba Kete)  Search this

Object Type:

Box

Place:

Kasai River, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Not Certain) / Angola (Not Certain), Africa

Accession Date:

10 Oct 1896

Notes:

FROM CARD: "WOOD. PAINT BOX. CARVED HEADS AT EITHER END. FOR FACE PAINT OF MEN. LID. UNABLE TO FIND LID 5/12/64. OLD PHOTOGRAPH DOES NOT SHOW LID. "PAINT BOX FOR PAINT AND FACE POWDER FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AFTER THEY HAVE PAINTED ALLOVER WITH RED THEY TAKE WHITE CLAY AND MAKE A STREAK OVER EACH EYE." --ACC. PAPERS. NEG. 37,850-D."

Record Last Modified:

9 Dec 2021

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

031155

USNM Number:

E175902-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b57b06f7-ffdf-49cf-9956-4e6ab0ae5de1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8351231