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AF1272A

From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1272A
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

Light colored gourd incised with blackened ornamentation of five incised doubl lined large X's, four triangles at each side, above and below X's (cross hatch pattern with in); four blackened rings-two around the rim and two around the base; eleven star cut out at top.

Height 11 cm
Outside Diameter 13 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 868 - Other Number

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