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Cylindrical vessel with interlocking linear pattern carved on the interior of the lip. The body of the vessel is carved with interlocking chevrons and a fiber rope is wrapped around its neck. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Bowl
1885 – 1895
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1985/1.161
A wood box of semi-circular form, with a stylized form of a human face incised on the lid. The sides of the box, and around the face, are incised with geometric motifs, and two small holes are pierced in the lid and front of the box to fasten. The sides of the box are also covered with red powder. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Box
1867 – 1899
Gift of Al and Margaret Coudron
1985/1.141
Cylindrical vessel with a squared base. The sides of the vessel are engraved with a diamond pattern consisting of repetitive interlocking lines. The vessel is open and contains red powder.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Box
1925 – 1935
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1985/1.162B
Cylindrical bowl with small lip at the top opening. The bowl has a small circular handle and a piece of stringed fiber looped through it. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Bowl
1885 – 1895
Gift of Pierre Darterelle
1985/1.170
Vessel with two bulbous sections and a tapered middle section with a small opening at the top. There is a braided fiber string wrapped around the tapered mid section with a piece of wood attached to the end of the fiber. The bulbous portions of the vessel are decorated with geometric patterns.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Vessel
1895 – 1905
Museum purchase
1985/2.4
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