Unknown African
Lidded Box for Tukula (a fragrant red camwood powder)

Lidded Box for Tukula (a fragrant red camwood powder)

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Lidded Box for Tukula (a fragrant red camwood powder)
CultureKuba peoples
Titles
  • Lidded Box for Tukula (a fragrant red camwood powder)
Date1900–1925
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumWood and traces of tukula
Dimensions3 × 14 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1450.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no. 97 (on file).

“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.

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