Container
AF1256A
From: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1256A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd | Brass |
| Description | Round short gourd; bulbous sides; blackened geometic; four X formations with a column in between each one incised with crosshatch; also this patterns encircles the rim; seven point cut out on top. Blackened decoration, made from a type of burning process. |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 848 - Other Number |
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