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Carved Cup

Artwork title: Carved Cup

Carved wood cosmetic cup, dark brown. Bowl-shaped cup elevated and supported by two vertical handles connected to a cylindrical base. Rim of cup curved outwards. Bowl of cup decorated with three carved bands below rim and scallop-shape and diagonal segments around middle. Each handle is carved with diagonal lines branching from center vertical line. Side of base carved with squares of vertical and horizontal lines, resembling woven fibers.

Artist: Kuba peoples

Sculptures
— Wood
9 1/4 in. dia: 5 1/4 in.
African
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. John S. Ragland (Cherry) in memory of her parents The Reverend and Mrs. William T. Mulcay, Sr. who lived in the Belgian Congo for 18 years.
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