Pipe

AF556

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

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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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