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Water pipe

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Historical main catalogue: "Water pipe. a)Water container made of gourd with incised decorations, 16.5 cm. b) Pipe. c) Pipe bowl made of clay, 5.8 cm. Ngongo on the Njamba River (Uanda country)."

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ngongo
Object type
Water pipe
Dimensions
Weight: 0,1 kg
Objektmaß: cm c)H: 5,7 cm, D: 3,3 cm
Height: 19 cm
Width: 12 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Height: 6 cm
Width: 3,5 cm
Depth: 3,5 cm
Objektmaß: cm a)H: 16,6 cm, D: 8,6 cm
Objektmaß: b)L: 13 cm, D: 1,4 cm
Material/Technique
Clay (fired: ceramics), Pumpkin peel, Bamboo, Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 8505 a-c

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    Vanda
    Njamba
    who
    Ngongo
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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