Notables prestige pipe bowl · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3041168
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Provenance
Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch
Description
brass, reddish patina, in shape of a human head with elaborate designed headdress, spout for insertion of wooden stem, slightly dam., minor missing parts in the cast, spout slightly deformed;
tobacco pipes are widely used in the Grassfields. They are also prestige objects, clear indicators of the rank and title of the individual owner.
Comparing literature
Kahan, Leonard et .al., A Cameroon World, New York 2007, p. 109