Cup

AF402

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF402
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Carved, wooden drinking cup; three bulbous sections, top two part are incised with three horizontal lines at the top and bottom, and four vertical lines together in four different parts on each segment; bottom part has only three lines incised around the center; braided fiber tied loosely around the neck, the end of fiber hangs the length on cup; rounded base.

Height 18 cm
Outside Diameter 12 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 763 - Field No SF

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