Museum number:
| APM 4.045g |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| two mask heads in red |
Description:
| Pijpensteel van hout en riet met lange dunne rietsteel gestoken in een houten kern aan de buitenzijde gesneden met twee portretmaskers die samen een bolvormige gegroefde haartooi delen, de figuratie effen rood geschilderd. Klemeind conisch gesneden. |
Date:
| Period | 1960 - 1980 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 15.75 in (40 cm) |
| Diameter | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 13.19 in (33.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | dark brown |
| Other materials | reed (organic material) |
| Finish | verf, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Bamessing, 1997 |
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