Pipe

Object Number:

AF5158

Current Location:

Africa Gallery

Culture:

Bakongo

Provenience:

Zaire
Kasai District
Belgian Congo

Section:

African

Materials:

Bone
Wood

Description:

Tobacco pipe. Bowl carved as a human head, said to be chief's pipe. "Head of God," on stem.

Credit Line:

Purchased from William O. Oldman

Other Number:

Field No SF

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery ( Aug 1995)

African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987)

Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990)

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. : Page/Fig./Plate: 125

[Journal] Hall, H. U. "The African Collections" Vol.: Vol. 3, No. 6. : Page/Fig./Plate: 155

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