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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