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Tobacco pipe

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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bali (Bani)
Object type
Tobacco pipe
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Width: 12 cm
Depth: 160 cm
Weight: 3,4 kg
Depth: 31 cm
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

  • Production
    when
    1900 (um)
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum) (?)
    Bali (Bani)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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