Bowl
AF447F
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF447F |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapende |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Wooden vessel; rounded base; bulbous body; flared rim; geometric ornamentation at the base of small slanted raised squares; a twisted piece of fiber, ends tied together is wrapped around the neck (below the rim); a nail is found on the bottom center (exterior). |
| Height | 6.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
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