Powder Box (Tutukipfula)

Kamba Kongo; or Kongo

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Kamba Kongo; or Kongo. Powder Box (Tutukipfula), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, fiber, plastic beads, copper alloy, height: 5 in. (12.7 cm); diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.138. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Title

Powder Box (Tutukipfula)

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Geography

Possible place made: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Medium

Wood, fiber, plastic beads, copper alloy

Classification

Container

Dimensions

height: 5 in. (12.7 cm); diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Accession Number

22.138

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