Tobacco pipe | Photographer: Hendryk Ortlieb
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Tobacco pipe
Around 1900, kings, dignitaries and heads of families in the grasslands of Cameroon smoked tobacco. The more splendid the pipe appeared, the higher the rank of the smoker. This pipe from the kingdom of Bamum is particularly splendid. Its pipe is embroidered with colourful glass beads from Europe in a complex pattern. The clay bowl was probably made in the neighbouring kingdom of Bali. In 1908, King Njoya of Bamum (reigned approx. 1887 - 1933) presented it to the then German governor of Cameroon, Theodor Seitz (*1863 - †1949), as a birthday present for Emperor Wilhem II.
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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: 30 x 14 x 11,5 cm (Pfeifenkopf)
Länge: ca. 132 cm (zusammen)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 115,5 x 3 x 3 cm (Pfeifenstiel)
Länge: ca. 132 cm (zusammen)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 115,5 x 3 x 3 cm (Pfeifenstiel)
Material/Technique
Wood, Pewter (?), Glass bead, Plant material , Sound, Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 33344
Provenance and sources
when
19th century
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
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