Cup
AF481
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF481 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bangongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Tall wooden cup; round flat bottom; round rim; sides bulging tapering towards base; piece of loosely fitting twisted plant fiber knotted around base of object; geometric ornamentation on body of two parallel horizontal lines encircling rim with slanted vertical lines in between; four horizontal rows of horizontal diamonds and four parallel horizontal lines. |
| Height | 11.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 740 - Other Number |
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