Pipe · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3052359
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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.
The object Pipe with the object ID 3052359 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 325.
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Comparing literature
Kahan, Leonard et .al., A Cameroon World, New York 2007, p. 116, ill. 66 B
Publications
AHDRC: 0009486