Pipe
AF574
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF574 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Copper | Wood | Tin | Plant Fiber |
Description | Tobacco pipe with nicotine catcher; the bark in this is soaked with nicotine; is smoked when the owner runs short of tobacco. Long wooden pipe with a nicotine catcher; brown in color; bulbous end with opening; a type of plant fiber is stuffed in this opening; the main part of body is cylindrical and wrapped with a thin piece of copper wire; this is found in two places; in between the two places is a flattened piece of tin wrapped around the body of the pipe; far end of pipe is rounded and protruding from this is a conical shape of copper used as the bowl; the end of copper protrudes from the base of bowl; connected to this and extending outwards is the front of a piece of a wooden elongated slab; this piece is decorated with four copper tacks down each side, with three down the front side. |
Height | 8.5 cm |
Length | 57 cm |
Width | 5.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 1560 - Other Number |
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