Container
AF1272A
From: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1272A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd |
| Description | Ornamented gourds with burnt decoration. Used for storage of small articles; some were also used for storing oil. Light colored gourd incised with blackened ornamentation of five incised doubl lined large X's, four triangles at each side, above and below X's (cross hatch pattern with in); four blackened rings-two around the rim and two around the base; eleven star cut out at top. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 868 - Other Number |
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