Container
AF1279
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1279 |
| 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 large double lined X formations incised around gourf; vertical lines between each X with cross hatch pattern; in between two of these panels is incised to zig zag forms and a T formation with extended sides; star cut out at top (damaged-possibly seven points) |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 875 - Other Number |
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