Container
AF1283A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1283A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd |
| 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 blackened X formations, checkered diamonds in center, cross hatch pattern incised in the back ground, encircle gourd; two blackened rings around the rim; nine point cut out in rim. |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 883 - Other Number |
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