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Bowl of a Tobacco Smoking Pipe (Ombiga Yomakaya)

At the time when this object was dispatched to Stuttgart, in Owambo societies tobacco pipes were reserved for elderly members and indicated the social prestige of their owners. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ambo
Object type
Pipe bowl
Dimensions
Length: 7.9 cm
Diameter: 3.5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound moulded, fired, scribed
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023252

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Kepler; 0523
  • Production
    when
    around 1900
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
In 1902 Kepler handed over 92 objects from "German South-West Africa" (Namibia), "German East Africa" and "Lagos" to Graf von Linden. In his inventory Kepler divided the part of the collection from Namibia into the groups "Herero", "Bushmen", "Hottentots", "Bergdamaras", "Basterds" and "Ovambos". The fact that the collection contains rifles and cartridge belts could point to appropriation in the context of military confrontations. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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