Pipe

AF561

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF561
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Bangongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood | Horn (animal part) | Plant Fiber
Description

Tobacco pipe; dark brown in color; stem of pipe is bent upward at the mouth piece end; narrow cylindircal piece of horn used as mouth piece, protrudes from the center of the top end; three faint rings carved around rim; two seperate braided piece of plant fiber are tied around upper part of stem; 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; bowl is incised with faint pattern around the rim, center and the base.

Height 19 cm
Length 44.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 499 - Other Number

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