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Tobacco pipe

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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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    around 1900
    where
    Cameroon
    Grassland
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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