Container
AF1289A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1289A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd | Brass |
| Description | Ornamented Gourds. With burnt decoration. Used for storage of small articles; some were also used for storing oil. Geometric incised and blackened decoration. Four panels each containing a large X are incised around body of the gourd; in between two of these panels are a diamond motif with cross hatch pattern in the back ground and blackended V shapes, layered; six pointed cut out at top.One brass-headed nail in rim of box. |
| Height | 9.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 889 - Other Number |
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