Wooden Jar And Cover
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Richard D. Mohun
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department Of State
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "174,807. A-B. HEAD AS CENTER HANDLE FOR EACH COVER. A IS THE COVER; B IS THE VESSEL. BOTH ITEMS IDENTIFIED AS LUBA BY WM. FAGG 3-5-64 "A RITUAL VESSEL...THE BEST KNOWN OF THE KATANGA-LUBA WOODEN BOWLS IS THE MBOKO OR, LUBOKO, THE SACRED SYMBOL OF CHIEFTAINSHIP. IT HAS FREQUENTLY THE SHAPE OF A SITTING OR KNEELING FEMALE FIGURINE HOLDING A BOWL... THE CHIEF."--LETTER FROM A. MAESEN, 1-4-65. CLEANED, SEE RESTORATION RECORD 8-11-64 (A)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Lukuga River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Barua
label: Culture
content: Luba (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029024
label: USNM Number
content: E174807-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 44.5 cm