Container
AF1286A
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1286A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd | Brass | Copper Alloy |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Ornamented Gourds. With burnt decoration. Used for storage of small articles; some were also used for storing oil. Geometric incised and blackened decoration. Three panels each containing a large incised X, checkered triangles above and below X; columns of vertical diamond motif found in between panels; one thick blackened ring around base, two around the rim; two brass tacks found in rim; eight pointed cut out at top. |
| Height | 14 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 886 - Other Number |
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