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AF1259A

From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1259A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baluba | Kanioka
Provenience Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Gourd
Description

Round short gourd; bulbous sides; blackened geometic carvings of five panels each containing large X formation formed by double lines, four trianlgles, one on each side of X, cross hatch pattern in center of trianlges; between two of the panels there are a vertical row of diamonds with cross hatch pattern incised in the background; six triangular cut-outs in top center.

Blackened decoration, made from a type of burning process.

Height 9.5 cm
Outside Diameter 12.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 851 - Other Number

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