Bottle
AF417
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF417 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Oil bottle, made of wood. The device of concentric circles is the tribal mark of the Pianga. It is worn as cicatrized ridges on the temples. Small hole found on top bottle, tinier hole to the side in which a piece of twisted plant fiber, this is looped around the tiny hole and the larger hole, there is a metal hoop attached to this.Carved, oil. The concentric circle pattern Kalonge Longe is the tribal mark of the Pianga subtribe. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 836 - Field No SF |
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