Pipe
AF563
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF563 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bushongo | Bangongo |
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; short reed mouth piece protrudes from the center of the top end of pipe; single groove carved around rim; below this are several horizontal rows of zigzag ornamentation; cylindrical stem; Molambo pattern on lower end of stem-series of crisscrossing groups of parallel lines; 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; bowl is ornamented with lines and geometric carvings around the rim, center, and base |
Height | 29 cm |
Length | 45 cm |
Outside Diameter | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 503 - Other Number |
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