Notables prestige pipe bowl ·  Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3041168

Description

brass, reddish patina, in shape of a human head with elaborate designed headdress, spout for insertion of wooden stem, slightly dam., minor missing parts in the cast, spout slightly deformed;
tobacco pipes are widely used in the Grassfields. They are also prestige objects, clear indicators of the rank and title of the individual owner.

Littérature comparée

Kahan, Leonard et .al., A Cameroon World, New York 2007, p. 109