Container
AF1278
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1278 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd |
| Description | Ornamented Gourds. With burnt decoration. Used for storage of small articles; some were also used for storing oil. Geometric incised and blackened decoration. Three panels each with large double lined X formation in the center encircle gourd; cross hatch pattern found in between double lines; between each panel there is a double triangle (points touching); fourteen smaller triangles decorate the rim; five point cut out at top. |
| Height | 6.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 874 - Other Number |
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