Pipe with wooden stem and black pottery bowl in the shape of a squatting human figure. [CW [OPS Move] 23/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pipe with wooden stem and black pottery bowl in the shape of a squatting human figure. [CW [OPS Move] 23/9/2016]
Long description: Pipe with wooden stem and black pottery bowl in the shape of a squatting human figure. The black pottery pipe bowl is in the shape of a modelled squatting human figure with hands raised to its chin and wearing a curved headdress with hatched geometric designs. The pipe socket has a plain broad rim and cross hatched decoration below. The wooden pipe stem is cylindrical shaped and curves away from the pipe bowl towards the mouthpiece. The surface of the pipe stem is covered with irregular nodules which are probably thorn stumps. [CW [OPS Move] 23/9/2016]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Wood Plant, Process Modelled
Dimensions: Depth: max 51 mm, Width: max 63 mm, Length: max 377 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.130 Other numbers: 197

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