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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