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Tobacco pipe
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> a) The bowl of the pipe is a chubby face with a crown-like top consisting of 10 small bowls with spider-leg-like connections > b) The pipe is covered with beadwork, with a row of cowries at the top and bottom. The spiral mouthpiece is covered with pewter.

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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: 176 x 18 x 20 cm (Gesamt)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 28 x 18 x 20 cm (Pfeifenkopf)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 170,5 x 5 x 5 cm (Rohr)
Gewicht: 6 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Sound, Tin, Glass beads, Metal , Textile, Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25549 a,b

Provenance and sources

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

who
Ankermann, Bernhard - Collectors

Description
Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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