Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum

1981.13.2.2

Base for a cylindrical box. Sides, top & base sewn with grass. The base and lid do not appear to separate. For the lid see [1981.13.2 .1] [RM [OPS move] 20/9/2016]


1981.13.2.2

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Base for a cylindrical box. Sides, top & base sewn with grass. The base and lid do not appear to separate. For the lid see [1981.13.2 .1] [RM [OPS move] 20/9/2016]
Geographical reference
Kasama
Cultural groups
Bemba
Person
Field collector Kenneth Page Oakley
PRM source Kenneth Page Oakley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1955
Date collected
1955
Acquisition information
Donated: 03/06/1981
Materials and processes
Material Bark Wood Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Ochre, Process Stitched, Process Painted
Dimensions
Diameter: max 214 mm total, Height: max 165 mm total
Object numbers
Accession number: 1981.13.2.2

Search terms: Box, Vessel, Lid