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Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 22.810_SL3.jpg)
Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 22.810_SL3.jpg)
Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 22.810_SL3.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 22.810_SL3.jpg)

Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.810.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.810.jpg)

Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_top_view2.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_top_view2.jpg)

Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_front.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_front.jpg)

Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_print_top_bw.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_print_top_bw.jpg)

Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.810_bw.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.810_bw.jpg)

Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_threequarter_back.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_threequarter_back.jpg)

Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_top_view1.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_top_view1.jpg)

Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_side.jpg)

Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.810_side.jpg)

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Box with Sliding Lid

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Swahili
MEDIUM Wood
  • Place Made: Lamu Archipelago, Kenya
    • DATES late 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 22.810
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Wooden rectangular box with handle attached to sliding lid that swivels sideways on a recessed top revealing a sunken hemispheric hole. Outer surface of box is decorated with geometric patterns. Object is stable. A section of the handle has broken off and is missing. The box has small nicks and chips along edges and corners. Its exterior surfaces have a polished patina. Its interior surfaces are neither polished nor decorated.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Swahili. Box with Sliding Lid, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 22.810_SL3.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, NP recommended; casted transparency, 22.810_SL3.jpg., 2017
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    Swahili. <em>Box with Sliding Lid</em>, late 19th century. Wood, 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.810. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 22.810_SL3.jpg)

    TAGS

    19th century
    african
    box
    box with sliding lid
    carved
    carving
    container
    Kenya
    lid
    storage
    swahili
    triangle
    wood

    TAGS

    19th century
    african
    box
    box with sliding lid
    carved
    carving
    container
    Kenya
    lid
    storage
    swahili
    triangle
    wood

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