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<em>Powder Box (Tutukipfula)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.141_front_PS5.jpg)
Powder Box (Tutukipfula), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.141_front_PS5.jpg)
<em>Powder Box (Tutukipfula)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.141_front_PS5.jpg)

Powder Box (Tutukipfula), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.141_front_PS5.jpg)

<em>Powder Box (Tutukipfula)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.141_bw.jpg)

Powder Box (Tutukipfula), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.141_bw.jpg)

<em>Powder Box (Tutukipfula)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.141_disassembled_PS5.jpg)

Powder Box (Tutukipfula), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.141_disassembled_PS5.jpg)

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Powder Box (Tutukipfula)

Arts of Africa

MEDIUM Wood, cotton string
  • Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • DATES late 19th or early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 22.141
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1922, provenance not yet documented; by 1922, acquired by François Poncelet of Brussels, Belgium; 1922, purchased in Brussels from François Poncelet by Stewart Culin for the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Large brownish-black pear-shaped flask on round pedestal. Knotted string drawn through two flaring hollow cylinders following shape of upper body. Incised geometric decoration consists of horizontal ribs around neck, waist, and foot; vertical ribs and angular carvings down either side; and double-outlined semicircles filled in with cross-hatching. Condition is good.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Powder Box (Tutukipfula), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.141_front_PS5.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.22.141_front_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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    <em>Powder Box (Tutukipfula)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, cotton string, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.141_front_PS5.jpg)

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