Container
AF1274A
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1274A |
| 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. Body of container is bulbous with a flat base; seven pointed cut out of a star in top center; entire piece is incised with geometric burnt decoration, of large X's and triangles. |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 876 - Other Number |
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