Box - Wood - Hand-carved Tukula Box
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Hand-carved Tukula Box from the Congo, by the Shoowa-Kuba people, dating to the mid-20th century (1960–1970), measuring 18 cm high, 31 cm wide and 10 cm deep, in good condition with normal signs of age.
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A hand-carved Kuba Tukula Box, decorated with two faces.
Congo - Mid 20th century
Traditionally used to hold items like tukula powder or past and for gathering instruments or precious stones. Sometimes they were used for holding razors for cutting raffia, hairpins or ritual objects. Tukula is a red powder made of ground cam wood. The color red is essential to the Kuba concept of beauty and was therefore used to ornament the face, hair and chest during dances and important ceremonies, as well as to anoint bodies for burial. Tukula was also mixed with other pigments to dye raffia cloth.
Height = 18 cm
Width = 31 cm
Depth = 10 cm
Weight = 730 g
In good condition. Normal traces of age and use. Some cracks in the wood (see last 5 photos).
For a good impression, please watch all photos carefully.
Insured shipping.
Can also be collected in Ghent, Belgium.
A hand-carved Kuba Tukula Box, decorated with two faces.
Congo - Mid 20th century
Traditionally used to hold items like tukula powder or past and for gathering instruments or precious stones. Sometimes they were used for holding razors for cutting raffia, hairpins or ritual objects. Tukula is a red powder made of ground cam wood. The color red is essential to the Kuba concept of beauty and was therefore used to ornament the face, hair and chest during dances and important ceremonies, as well as to anoint bodies for burial. Tukula was also mixed with other pigments to dye raffia cloth.
Height = 18 cm
Width = 31 cm
Depth = 10 cm
Weight = 730 g
In good condition. Normal traces of age and use. Some cracks in the wood (see last 5 photos).
For a good impression, please watch all photos carefully.
Insured shipping.
Can also be collected in Ghent, Belgium.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Weight
730 g
Title additional information
Hand-carved Tukula Box
Country of Origin
Congo
Material
Wood
Ethnic group/ culture
Shoowa-Kuba
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of ageing
Height
18 cm
Width
31 cm
Depth
10 cm
Estimated Period
1960-1970
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