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Box with Sliding Lid

Culture: Swahili
Medium: Wood
Place Made: Lamu Archipelago, Kenya
Dates: late 19th century
Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 3 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7.6 cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 22.810
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Image: Overall, 22.810.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Wooden rectangular box with handle attached to sliding lid that swivels sideways on a recessed top revealing a sunken hemispheric hole. Outer surface of box is decorated with geometric patterns. Object is stable. A section of the handle has broken off and is missing. The box has small nicks and chips along edges and corners. Its exterior surfaces have a polished patina. Its interior surfaces are neither polished nor decorated.

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