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AF1261A

From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1261A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baluba | Kanioka
Provenience Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Gourd
Description

Container incised with blackened ornamentation of four panels of large X formation; one panel has diamond in center with four trianlges (points touching-2 at top, 2 at the bottom); columns between each panel have feather like etchings. Six point cut out at top.Geometric decoration.

Height 11.5 cm
Outside Diameter 13.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 853 - Other Number

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