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Two pipes ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bamum · ID: 3051616

Starting price EUR 300
Estimated price EUR 600
Provenance
Werner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, Germany

Description

terracotta, metal, wood, a) with figural pipe bowl, h: 16.5 cm, 42 cm (with stem)
b) pipe bowl with bird beak and carved wooden stem, h: 16 cm, 50.5 cm (with stem), base

As regalia of Fons and title-holders, terracotta pipes were indispensable personal prestige items, cared for and carried after their owners by retainers, and displayed as status indicators on ceremonial occasions.


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