Tobacco pipe ·  Nigeria, Tiv · ID: 3041938

Description

wood, dark brown patina, one half of the stem covered with copper sheet, the other half with black dyed animal skin, pipe head lined with sheet metal, underside of the stem carved with ring-shaped projection for comfortable use, slightly dam., traces of old age, copper sheet partly corroded, base;
a specific feature is the sculptural effect of this piece for everyday use: reversed the pipe head forms a zoomorphic face and the ring-shaped projection a kind of mane.

The object Tobacco pipe with the object ID 3041938 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 280.

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Comparing literature

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 123

Publications

AHDRC: 0139809