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Tobacco pipe

Pipe consisting of 4 main parts: bronze pipe leading to the mouth, centre pipe made of brass- or tin-plated wood, angled connecting pipe and concave-cylindrical bowl; due to its size and decoration more of an everyday object than a prestige item; centre pipe with honeycomb-shaped facial reliefs; printed decoration on the connecting piece and bowl

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Tabakspfeife
Material/Technique
metal, wood (plant material)
moulded, carved
Object genre
domestic utensil
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2320
Other number(s)
2320

Provenance and sources

when
before 1909

where
Region Nordwesten

when
1900/1901-1909
where
Kamerun
who
Diehl, Adolf - Owners

when
1909
where
Stuttgart
Description
Linden-Museum bought object from A. Diehl.

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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