Pipe

AF559

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF559
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Bakete
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood | Reed (plant) | Plant Fiber
Description

Tobacco pipe; dark brown in color; stem of pipe is bent upward at the mouth piece end; narrow, cylindrical reed mouth piece protrudes from the center of the top end; five rings carved around rim; wrapped around pipe below rim is a piece of braided plant fiber; carved on lower part of stem is imitation of basketwork pattern with horns of an antelope (Bambi) in the center; 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; two thin rows of zigzag pattern are incised around the rim and one row around the base; three protruding rings are carved around the center of bowl

Height 22 cm
Length 53 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 516 - Other Number

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