box (containers)

Square wooden carrying box with textile and vegetable fibre cords tied onto the exterior, forming loops at the corners to attach the lid. There is carved or grooved linear decoration forming panels on the four sides. Iron nails attach the base to the sides. Some of the vegetable fibre cords are broken, and there is one detached piece.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
12.3.58/20.1
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
box: 294 x 330 x 271 mm; overall (maximum): 294 x 425 x 340 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; plant fibre; textile; iron
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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