Cup

AF435

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF435
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Pianga
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden oil vessel with rounded handle; flat bottom; bulbous body; geometric ornamentation on body of intersecting groupings of parallel lines (both straight and curved); seven pointed shape with a circle in the center (resembles a sun) is carved on bottom of object.

Height 5 cm
Outside Diameter 5.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 984 - Other Number

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