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1942.13.1325.1

Pipe bowl made of black varnished pottery, part of a pipe on a cylindrical bead covered wooden pipe stem with tubular metal mouthpiece. The pipe bowl is cylindrical shaped and two-storied with the upper portion curving outwards away from the base. The pipe bowl and socket are decorated with panels of moulded oval shapes, possibly representing ?cowries, quatrefoils and incised lines. The pipe bowl is jointed at its base to the pipe socket. For the wooden pipe stem with decorative bead covering and tubular metal mouthpiece see 1942.13.1325 .2. [CW [OPS move] 11/10/2016]


1942.13.1325.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pipe bowl made of black varnished pottery, part of a pipe on a cylindrical bead covered wooden pipe stem with tubular metal mouthpiece. The pipe bowl is cylindrical shaped and two-storied with the upper portion curving outwards away from the base. The pipe bowl and socket are decorated with panels of moulded oval shapes, possibly representing ?cowries, quatrefoils and incised lines. The pipe bowl is jointed at its base to the pipe socket. For the wooden pipe stem with decorative bead covering and tubular metal mouthpiece see 1942.13.1325 .2. [CW [OPS move] 11/10/2016]
Geographical reference
Bamenda
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1942
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Varnish, Process Varnished, Process Moulded, Process Modelled, Process Incised
Dimensions
Height 603 mm total, Height: max 55 mm total, Height 217 mm, Height: max 55 mm, Width: max 212 mm total, Width: max 142 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.1325.1 Other numbers: 533

Search terms: Narcotic, Pottery, Trade, Pipe