Cup
AF400
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF400 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Carved, drinking cup, pattern , Mutu Chembe. Border design, ikunji, the eye; the rest is mutu chembe, head of god, in pairs. See the tobacco pipe bearing the latter device. This is the high god, Jambi or Chemb, with whom the insect represented is associated, especially with regard to procreation. . |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 732 - Original Number |
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