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Elephant

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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900 (um)
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Collecting
    who
    Glauning, Hans - Collectors
    Kaiserliches Gouvernement für Kamerun - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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