tsinndiba

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Tsinndiba

This clay pipe bowl depicts a ruler or a dignitary. It was made at the beginning of the 20th century in the Kingdom of Bali in the Cameroon grasslands. Around 1900, kings, dignitaries and heads of families in the Cameroon grasslands smoked tobacco. The higher the rank of the smoker, the more splendid the pipe was supposed to be. Main catalogue: Pipe bowl made of clay in the shape of a man (upper body only) with a high hairstyle (or cap?); an ornament on the chest

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Object type
Tobacco pipe bowl
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 17,9 x 5,5 x 7,5 cm
Gewicht: < 2 kg
Material/Technique
Ceramics
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 24465

Provenance and sources

where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
Bali (Bani) [Ort und Ethnie]

who
Ankermann, Bernhard - Collectors

Description
Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909

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