Pipe head, receptacle and backback ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3039625

Description

pipe head in shape of a crocodile, Bamum, l: 27,5 cm, terracotta with a red coating, minor missing parts (backbone); receptacle with lid, h: 23 cm, wood, blackish brown patina, incised decor, dam., minor missing parts; backback, h: 39,5 cm, leather, reddish brown, to both sides strengthened with wooden sticks, with sheath for knife, slightly dam.

Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 122, ill. 52