Basket Lid
AF1850
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1850 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Batempa |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Twilled |
| Description | Twilled, round rim; ground fiber is light brown in color and a black fiber is used to ornament top of lid with four double slanted rows each containing a diamond center, all connecting. Rim is wrapped vertically with fiber there and there are also five rows wrapped horizontally above. Like AF1862. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 32.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 657 - Field No SF |
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