Container
AF1288A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1288A |
| 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. Gourd incised with six rows of triangles that encircle the center; each triangle is incised with cross hatch patter; twenty five point cut out at top. |
| Height | 10.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 888 - Other Number |
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