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AF1288A

From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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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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