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Tobacco pipe bowl
Narrow, cylindrical pipe bowl. Geometric indentations (intersecting lines) in the lower, hemispherical part. 2 curved, approx. 1.2 cm wide strips (with plait pattern relief), 1 broken off. Connecting piece to the pipe pipe protruding in a U-shape; decorated with parallel lines at the upper end.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Tobacco pipe bowl
Dimensions
Objektmaß: H: 9 cm D: ca. 3,5 cm
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 21933
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Max von Stefenelli - Collectors
Description
19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; probably owned by Oba Ovonramwen or his circle in exile until ca. 1908; acquired by Max von Stefenelli around 1908, probably from Oba Ovonramwen; donated by M. von Stefenelli to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, 1908.
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