Pipe
AF558
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF558 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bushongo |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Reed (plant) |
Description | Tobacco pipe; dark brown in color; stem of pipe is bent upward at the mouth piece end; narrow reed mouth piece protrudes from the center of the top end of pipe; five grooves carved around rim; thin twisted rope is wrapped nine times around the neck of stem; cylindrical stem; Nemo Kanya pattern on lower end of stem; nine pieces of raffia are individually tied around the stem, before the bowl; stem of pipe goes through bottom portion of bowl; bowl has an hourglass shape; top portion is larger and opened at top; bottom part has a flat base; four grooves encircle both rim and base of bowl; three raised rings around the center of the bowl |
Height | 16.5 cm |
Length | 56.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 498 - Other Number |
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