Pipe · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3052359
Starting price
EUR 400
Estimated price
EUR 900
Provenance
Herman Seeger, Stuttgart, GermanyAnton Eckert, Munich, Germany (1967)
Helmuth Brust, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 July 2008, lot 135
Size
L: 49,5 cm
L: 19.5 inch
Description
terracotta, wood, rest., acrylic base
The smoking of locally grown tobacco was common in the Grassfields during the 19th and 20th century. The owning of decorated terracotta pipes and cast metal pipes was the prestige of sovereigns and dignitaries.
Comparing literature
Kahan, Leonard et .al., A Cameroon World, New York 2007, p. 116, ill. 66 B
Publications
AHDRC: 0009486