Container
AF1257A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1257A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Round short gourd; bulbous sides; geometic carvings of five panels each containing large X formation formed by three lines on each side >>><<<, triangle above and below with incised diamond shapes, plain and checkered; thirteen triangular cut-outs in top center. Stemend cut out in form of 13 pointed star to make lid. Geometric incised and blackened decoration, made from a type of burning process. |
| Height | 13.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 849 - Other Number |
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