Water pipe · Angola, Lunda · ID: 3043170
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 November 2010, lot 578
Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
Description
gourd, reddish brown patina, black pigment, in the shape of a calabash serving as container for water, smoke tube from bamboo, metal base.
Just like earth and tube pipes the water pipe was already known in Africa before the tobacco came to arrive. The water pipe was brought along by arabian and persian merchants within the first centuries AD. Although lateron they were used for smoking tobacco as well, they predominantly served for the enjoyment of cannabis which is why their distribution was restricted on the area of East-, South- and Central Africa.
The object Water pipe with the object ID 3043170 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 492.
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Comparing literature
Mildner-Spindler, Roma, Rund um Tabakspfeifen, Berlin 1992, p. 19
Publications
AHDRC: 0150349