Three pipes · Grassfields du Cameroun · ID: 3052067
Prix d'appel
250 €
Prix d'Estimation
500 €
Provenance
Auktionshaus Hüll, Cologne, Germany (1993)Elmar Wellenhöfer, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Description
fired clay, dyed brown, redwood flour,
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.
Littérature comparée
Cremer, Wolfgang, Pfeifen, Hanf und Tabak in Schwarzafrika, Idstein 2004, p. 285