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AF1273A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1273A |
| 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. Five panels each containing a large X, made up of double lines, are incised around body of the gourd; also four triangles, one one each side, cross hatched pattern in center; between two of the panels, there is a vertical row of diamond shapes, cross hatched pattern in the background; serated cut out at top. |
| Height | 9.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 869 - Other Number |
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