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Kongo, 1900

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Kongo

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Kongo, 1900

Physical Qualities Plant fiber, 57 H x 38 Diam. cm.
Credit Line Gift of Mona Gavigan, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 2001.477
Large opening at top narrowing down to a 10 cm. square at the bottom with seven sections of horizontal binding.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Mona Gavigan, Washington D.C.; according to donor: 'Private collector brought it to me in DC - Acquired ca. 1980 in Kinshasa.'
Nichole Bridges, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa," Sept. 25, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.

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