Bottle
AF1302
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1302 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Pianga |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd | Iron | Plant Fiber |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Gourd bottle. Ornamented Bulbous shape with long neck; hollow; reddish brown in color; incised ornamentation around the center and top end of object-six lines, spiraled three times around the neck towards the sligtly bulging center, where four lines at both top and bottom have a zig zag design between them; thin strands of twisted fiber with iron hook, hang loosely from lower neck of gourd; three short lines incised on side of base. |
| Height | 38.5 cm |
| Length | 27 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 904 - Other Number |
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