Container
AF1253
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1253 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd |
| Description | Stem end cut out in form of 8-pointed star to make lid, which is attached by three strings of blue glass beads over which there is one ring of blue glass beads and one ring of blue and white glass beads. Geometric incised and blackened decoration. |
| Height | 9.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 844 - Other Number |
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