Pipe

AF571

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF571
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood | Horn (animal part)
Description

Tobacco pipe; dark brown in color; stem of pipe is bent upward at the mouth piece end; narrow, cylindrical mouth piece protrudes from the center of the top end of pipe;eight lines are carved below top end of rim; cylindrical body; faint carving on center of stem-triangles with cross hatch pattern 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; deep groove around rim; two disc shaped rings around the center; bottom part has a flat base

Height 14.5 cm
Length 57 cm
Width 5.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 509 - Other Number

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