Cola box

Bamileke · Cameroon

Reference: RCPT-24

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Material
Bibinga wood.

Box intended to store kola nuts which is also used as a jeweler or chest for storing small-sized valuables. manufactured in the first decade of the…

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Box intended to store kola nuts which is also used as a jeweler or chest for storing small-sized valuables. manufactured in the first decade of the century XX. It belonged to a minister of one of the first governments of Cameroon. Heavy, hard, reddish wood.

Further technical information
Width
22 cm
Attributed period
First third of the century XX

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Cameroon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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