Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009

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Decorative container in two pieces

mid-20th century
Overall: 53.34 x 11.43 cm (21 x 4 1/2 in.)
Wood, metal alloy

Classification: Vessels

Culture: African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples

Place of Creation: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Accession number: 2008.1519a-b

Provenance/Ownership History: September 2002, sold by Abdullah Keita to Professor Dwight Heath, Providence, RI; 2008, gift of Dwight B. and Anna C. Heath to the MFA. (Accession date: December 17, 2008)

Gift of Dr. Dwight B. and Anna Cooper Heath in honor of Christopher J. Luttman, M.D.