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Main catalogue: "Brass pipe with elephant head, blue and white bead decoration on the body. Belonged to the chief Sam(?)gifo. Acquired in Babungo, origin probably Bamum. Compare III C 22812"

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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Tobacco pipe bowl
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 16,5 x 17 x 5,3 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23737

Provenance and sources

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

who
Glauning, Hans - Collectors
Kaiserliches Gouvernement für Kamerun - Former Possessors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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