Container
AF1290A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1290A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd | Brass | Copper Alloy |
| Technique | Burnt | Incised |
| Description | Ornamented Gourds. With burnt decoration. Used for storage of small articles; some were also used for storing oil. Geometric incised and blackened decoration. Six geometric figures, double lined, blackened encircle center of gourd; each side incised with a triangle with cross hatch pattern; blackened ring around top and base; one brass stud in rim, below one of the five pointed cut outs at top. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 890 - Other Number |
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