Tête de pipe de prestige ·  Cameroun Grassland, Bamum / Bali · ID: 3050342

Description

fired clay, dyed brown, redwood flour, base

The smoking of locally grown tobacco was common in the Grassfields during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Not only men, but also women were addicted to smoking.

Pipes for everyday use were kept simple. More elaborately designed pipe bowls tended to be used by high-ranking men. Some of these pipes served as purely prestigious objects, displayed as status symbols during ceremonial occasions. They were also used during important ceremonies to make contact with the divine supreme beings.

L’objet Tête de pipe de prestige avec l’ID d’objet 3050342 a fait partie de l’enchère 101e vente aux enchères en 11 novembre 2023 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 289.

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Littérature comparée

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 120