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Ceremonial pipe ·  Prairie Camerounaise, Bamum · ID: 3035477

Vendu 600 €
Provenance
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1976)
Swiss Private Collection

Description

brass, two pieces, wooden stick for fixing, pipe bowl in form of a male head with pronounced cheeks and openwork headdress, stem and headdress display concentrical discs and plaited band patterns, min. dam., traces of corrosion;
such large prestige pipes were part of the royal display during ceremonial events.


Littérature comparée

Geary, Christraud, Bamum, Mailand 2011, ill. 33 f.


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