Container
AF1287A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1287A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd | Brass | Copper Alloy | Leather |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Stem end cut out in shape of 5-pointed star to form lid which is hinged to the box by means of a leather strap attached by brass-headed nails. 4-brass-headed nails on opposite side of top. Geometric incised and blackened decoration. |
| Height | 8.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 887 - Other Number |
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