Container
AF1259A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1259A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd |
| Description | Round short gourd; bulbous sides; blackened geometic carvings of five panels each containing large X formation formed by double lines, four trianlgles, one on each side of X, cross hatch pattern in center of trianlges; between two of the panels there are a vertical row of diamonds with cross hatch pattern incised in the background; six triangular cut-outs in top center. Blackened decoration, made from a type of burning process. |
| Height | 9.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 851 - Other Number |
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