Vessel

AF577

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF577
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Child's. Funnel to administer an enema. Hollow, funnel like with bulbous end. Spout of object is long and pointed with small opening. Ornamented with a incised doulbled zig zag lines with bands on either side. A piece of plant fiber (reed) is found tied around the larger opening end of object, possible to secure a crack. Also where object is broken and cracked, some type of material was placed over or around it to try to seal it.

Similiar to object Af399

Height 4.2 cm
Length 17 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 941 - Other Number

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