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.
The object Notables prestige pipe bowl with the object ID 3041168 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 339.
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Comparing literature
Kahan, Leonard et .al., A Cameroon World, New York 2007, p. 109