Container
AF1277
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1277 |
| 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. Ornamented with blackened double lined X's, with triangles at side with incised crosshatch pattern; columns between each X of a diamond motif and crosshatch pattern; two blackened rings one at rim and the other at base, triangles around rim. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 873 - Other Number |
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