tamton

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Tobacco pipe

Shape: As a double-headed snake Main catalogue: "TAMTON tobacco pipe. Head and the pipe consisting of 2 parts made of brass. Double bowl, in the shape of a two-headed snake." Index card "Among the Bamum, the double-headed snake is the symbol of royalty and at the same time the guardian of the sacred fire"

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Tobacco pipe
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 50,5 x 12,2 x 7,2 cm
Höhe: 12,5 cm (Pfeifenkopf)
Material/Technique
Brass, Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25548

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900
where
Cameroon [Land]
Grassland [Region]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)

who
Ankermann, Bernhard - Collectors

Description
Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909

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