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Tobacco pipe

The cylindrical clay head is decorated with lizards and has a chubby-cheeked face at the base. The tube is decorated with brass rosettes and wrapped in blue glass bead cords.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bali (Bani)
Object type
Tobacco pipe
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 13 x 12 x 160 cm (Lagermaß)
Gewicht: 3,4 kg
Höhe: 31 cm (Kopf)
Material/Technique
Clay (fired: ceramics), Brass, Wood, Glass, Plant fibre , Snail shell (cowrie, Cypraea moneta)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 20826 a,b

Provenance and sources

when
1900 (um)
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum) (?)
Bali (Bani)

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