Pipe · D. R. Congo, Bwaka · ID: 3040218
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Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, corpus nearly completely wrapped with silver wire, surmounted by a human head, nose and forehead crest provided with metal rings, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of usage, base;
pipes like the present were owned by high ranking dignitaries.
The object Pipe with the object ID 3040218 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 459.
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Comparing literature
Mildner-Spindler, Roma, Rund um Tabakspfeifen, Berlin 1992 (front)