Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster

Three pipes ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3052067

Price EUR 250
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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 part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale on September 24, 2025, lot number 231 at that time and is currently available for EUR 250 in Open sale.

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Comparing literature

Cremer, Wolfgang, Pfeifen, Hanf und Tabak in Schwarzafrika, Idstein 2004, p. 285


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