Pipe
AF556
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF556 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bushongo | Bambala |
Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Reed (plant) |
Description | Tobacco pipe; dark brown in color; stem of pipe is bent upward at the mouth piece end; cylindrical body; thin reed protrudes from upper end; this end is incised with ten rings, gradually decreasing in size towards the stem; carved on part of the stem is Nemo Kanya pattern-triangular shaped forms of small raised squares and a zig-zag design; stem of pipe goes through bottom part of bowl; bowl has an hourglass shape; top portion is taller then base; three rings are incised around the center of the bowl; carvings around top and abse of bowl as well |
Height | 8.3 cm |
Length | 55.5 cm |
Width | 5.4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 508 - Original Number |
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