Lots of people use mason jars. Cant go wrong with those.

I use a food safe plastic box with quick release lids. They were purchased at a store that deals in "Containers." Purchased for about 6 bucks each and they are at least as big as a shoe box. They were designed for fruits and vegetables I believe for use in the frig.

For curing: I hung each kola on a string and dangled in the garage with a small fan from Wal-Mart blowing on them. Did that for about 10 days and then right into the box. Sadly I had a slight mold issue on one kola so it went into its own box but even with those mold spores already in the box there were no further issues with mold so the boxes work flawlessly.