iPhone case and display box

NameCase

Artist Javlon Hoshimov (master lacquer minature painter, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

Date2012

Place madeTashkent, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

MediumWood, lacquer, synthetic fiber, metal (brass)

Dimensionsa and b: iPhone case, assembled: 2 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (6.2 × 8 × 15.5 cm)
a. case bottom: 2 1/16 × 3 1/8 × 6 in. (5.2 × 8 × 15.2 cm)
b. case top: 13/16 × 3 1/8 × 5 3/4 in. (2 × 8 × 14.6 cm)
c. storage box: 3 7/8 × 5 9/16 × 8 11/16 in. (9.8 × 14.2 × 22 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase with funds from Andrea Fisher, A.2012.61.5a-c

Object numberA.2012.61.5a-c

DescriptioniPhone case (ab) is a black trapezoidal lidded box. On the top (b) is a lacquered image of five people in traditional Uzbek garb holding iphones, wearing headphones and with Apple logos (apples with a bite taken out) behind them and on the iPhones they hold. Around the top edge is a delicate gold dot and spiral motif with floral forms at the top and bottom on a black ground. On the case bottom sides (a) are also delicate floral motifs on a black ground. Inside the top (b) and bottom (a) is a red velvet lining. The case sits in a blue velvet-lined and covered storage/display box (c) with brass strips around the outer top and bottom sides, brass hinges and clasp. A blue satin ribbon holds the lid in place when the box is opened. The top is padded.