kola-nut box [base / bottom]; in the [zoomorphic] form of the head of a leopard [/ cat], decorated with circular spots - see photo on back of catalog card; see Webster's Catalogue: No. 29, fig. 70; Dimensions: L = 17.8; 7", W = 14.0; 5 1/2", H = 11.4 cm; 4 1/2"
15. Kola-nut box. Benin, Nigeria. Wood. Length 17.8 cm. Gift of Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller. Cat. 210259. Photo by Diane Alexander White N109485 (caption in "African Art at the Field Musuem" by Richard J. Powell in Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin, May 1985
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Courtesy of: A. Hercules, C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/9bb14dd7-79a5-4fd5-9b7d-44602f06a72f (accessed on 13 Jan 2022)