Gourd
Lid
AF1271B
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1271B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd |
| Description | Used for storage of small articles; some were also used to store oils. Lid of gourd is in the shape of an eight pointed star with blackened cross hatch pattern incised at each point and concentric circles around the stem; stem protrudes from the center. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 865 - Other Number |
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