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AF1258A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1258A |
| 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. Five large diamonds, double lined; diamond in center; double triangles on both sides, incised with cross hatch pattern; two blackened rings around rim; six point cut out at top, triangles between each one, cross hatch pattern within. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 850 - Other Number |
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