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What material was the extraordinary box presented by the Dutch West India Company to Stadholder Willem IV made of?
What material was the extraordinary box presented by the Dutch West India Company to Stadholder Willem IV made of?
- Silver and ivory
- Gold and tortoiseshell (correct)
- Bronze and marble
- Copper and wood
Who is depicted as holding an elephant tusk on the lid of the box?
Who is depicted as holding an elephant tusk on the lid of the box?
- Mercury, god of trade
- A European merchant
- An African man (correct)
- African woman
Which deity supports a cartouche containing the insignia of the WIC on the lid of the box?
Which deity supports a cartouche containing the insignia of the WIC on the lid of the box?
- Poseidon, god of the sea
- Mercury, god of trade (correct)
- Athena, goddess of wisdom
- Zeus, god of thunder
What does the European merchant hold while negotiating the purchase of enslaved people on the box?
What does the European merchant hold while negotiating the purchase of enslaved people on the box?
What does the bottom of the box contain a map of?
What does the bottom of the box contain a map of?
What did the Dutch West India Company present to Stadholder Willem IV in 1749?
What did the Dutch West India Company present to Stadholder Willem IV in 1749?
Who is depicted as panning for gold on the lid of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV?
Who is depicted as panning for gold on the lid of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV?
What does the lid of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV feature in its center?
What does the lid of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV feature in its center?
What does the European merchant hold on the box while negotiating the purchase of enslaved people?
What does the European merchant hold on the box while negotiating the purchase of enslaved people?
What does the bottom of the box contain?
What does the bottom of the box contain?
Who presented an extraordinary box to Stadholder Willem IV in 1749?
Who presented an extraordinary box to Stadholder Willem IV in 1749?
What were the primary materials used in crafting the extraordinary box presented to Stadholder Willem IV in 1749?
What were the primary materials used in crafting the extraordinary box presented to Stadholder Willem IV in 1749?
What figures are arranged around the large nugget of unrefined gold ore on the lid of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV?
What figures are arranged around the large nugget of unrefined gold ore on the lid of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV?
What does the bottom of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV contain?
What does the bottom of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV contain?
What do the sides of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV depict?
What do the sides of the box presented to Stadholder Willem IV depict?
What was the significant item presented by the Dutch West India Company to Stadholder Willem IV in 1749?
What was the significant item presented by the Dutch West India Company to Stadholder Willem IV in 1749?
Who are the three figures arranged around the large nugget of unrefined gold ore on the lid of the box?
Who are the three figures arranged around the large nugget of unrefined gold ore on the lid of the box?
What do the African figures on the lid of the box represent?
What do the African figures on the lid of the box represent?
What do the sides of the box depict?
What do the sides of the box depict?
What is depicted on the bottom of the box?
What is depicted on the bottom of the box?
