Pipe bowl in the shape of an elephant head ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3050186

Description

copper alloy (bronze, brass),

For a stylistically very similar example from the holdings of the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, see AHDRC 0009716.

Comes with:
Nigeria, Tiv, snuff ring, brass, h: 8.5 cm

The object Pipe bowl in the shape of an elephant head with the object ID 3050186 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 75 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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