Container
AF1269A
From: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1269A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd |
| Description | Container was used for storage of small articles; some were also used for storing oils. Body of container is bulbous with a flat base; eleven pointed star cut out on the top center of piece; two tiny holes, 4 cm apart at rim on lower right side of gourd. Body is incised with a blackend geometric design (burning technique) of large X's, triangles, and cross hatch pattern. Similiar to AF1252a,b. |
| Height | 7.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 863 - Other Number |
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