Three pipes · Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3052067
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Provenance
Auktionshaus Hüll, Cologne, Germany (1993)Elmar Wellenhöfer, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Size
H: 14,5 cm - 22 cm
H: 5.7 inch - 8.7 inch
Description
fired clay, dyed brown, redwood flour,
The smoking of locally grown tobacco was common in the Grassfields during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Not only men, but also women were addicted to smoking.
The object Three pipes with the object ID 3052067 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 231.
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Comparing literature
Cremer, Wolfgang, Pfeifen, Hanf und Tabak in Schwarzafrika, Idstein 2004, p. 285