Pipe

AF563

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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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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