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.
Comparing literature
Geary, Christraud, Bamum, Mailand 2011, ill. 33 f.