Box of hardwood, rectangular with detachable lid carved in deep relief with mud-fish, entwined snakes and guilloches: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin, 19th century
WEST AFRICA. LOWER NIGERIA. BENIN. WOODWORK. BOX of hardwood, detachable lid (a) carved in deep relief with design of mud-fish, twined snake and guilloches: apparently recent work. S. Nigeria. Bini tribe Midwestern State.