Ceremonial pipe · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3035477
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1976)Swiss Private Collection
Size
L: 60 cm
L: 23.6 inch
Description
brass, two pieces, wooden stick for fixing, pipe bowl in form of a male head with pronounced cheeks and openwork headdress, stem and headdress display concentrical discs and plaited band patterns, min. dam., traces of corrosion;
such large prestige pipes were part of the royal display during ceremonial events.
The object Ceremonial pipe with the object ID 3035477 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 89 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Geary, Christraud, Bamum, Mailand 2011, ill. 33 f.