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Object Number 29-4-50/H748.1
Display Title Basket topped gourds
Descriptions
Object Description Gourd bottle
Inventory Description Bottle, gourd, woven basketry spout attached to fiber cord around neck, multiple pieces missing, cracked, taped, nails inserted
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bangbangbuo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Aruwimi District; Congo, left bank of; Basoko, opposite
Dimensions Overall: 31 × 19 × 18 cm (12 3/16 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 29-4-50/H748.1; ED/P 1-1-50/19

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