Pipe
Kongo · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reference: PIP-5
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- Height
- 16 cm
- Material
- Pumpkin, wood and metal
The pipe is a prestigious object, essentially masculine, that indicates the rank of its owner. They are remarkable for their beauty and careful elaboration the pipes…
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Full original description
The pipe is a prestigious object, essentially masculine, that indicates the rank of its owner. They are remarkable for their beauty and careful elaboration the pipes bamun(Cameroon), made of bronze by the procedure of lost wax or clay and bone. Sometimes they can reach important dimensions. Most of the time they do not smoke in them. The decoration of its bowls or tubes represents the fundamental concepts of the clan in symbolic language.
In any case these pipes rival the richness and variety of the motifs of their artistic decorations.
In most ethnic groups, the decoration of their bowls reproduces in symbolic language the fundamental concepts of the tribe. They were not normally meant to smoke in them but to serve as ornaments at ceremonies.
Further technical information
- Width
- 6 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
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Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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