Vessel

AF436

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF436
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Bangongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood | Fiber
Description

Wooden vessel; flat hollow base; rim is flat, slightly slanted inwards; four carved parallel lines encircle rim; geometric ornamentation on the body of triangles with four slanted lines inside; seperated but found with piece are two strands of fiber, on one end of fiber is a loop and on the other is a wooden nail.

Height 7.5 cm
Outside Diameter 9.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 995 - Other Number

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