Bottle

AF1302

From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1302
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Pianga
Provenience Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Gourd | Iron | Plant Fiber
Technique Incised
Description

Gourd bottle. Ornamented Bulbous shape with long neck; hollow; reddish brown in color; incised ornamentation around the center and top end of object-six lines, spiraled three times around the neck towards the sligtly bulging center, where four lines at both top and bottom have a zig zag design between them; thin strands of twisted fiber with iron hook, hang loosely from lower neck of gourd; three short lines incised on side of base.

Height 38.5 cm
Length 27 cm
Outside Diameter 11 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 904 - Other Number

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