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DepartmentMiddle East

Round, painted box

NameBoxes

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1959

Place madeSyria, Middle East, Asia

MediumWood, paint

DimensionsLargest: 3 1/8 × 10 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (8 × 27.7 × 27.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1982.45.486VX

Object numberA.1982.45.486VX

Collections

Artistic Heritage: Folk Art of Syria

DescriptionFour round boxes with decorated lids and outsides. Multicolored designs with gold. some banners and many circular designs. All with Arabic calligraphy in a panel. Unfinished on inside and bottom.

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