Pipe

AF565

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF565
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Tobacco pipe; dark brown in color; stem of pipe is bent upward at the mouth piece end; reed mouth piece protrudes from the center of the top end of pipe; three thin carved lines around rim; below this are three horizontal rows of zigzag design encircle stem; cylindrical body; Molambo pattern on lower end of stem-diamond shapes with three bands of zig zag design at both ends; 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; three rings of zigzag design encircle rim of bowl and one around base.

Height 19 cm
Length 52 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 496 - Other Number

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