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1942.13.1336

Pipe bowl, made of black pottery. [CW [OPS Move] 17/10/2016]


1942.13.1336

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pipe bowl, made of black pottery. [CW [OPS Move] 17/10/2016]
Long description
Pipe bowl, made of black pottery. The pipe bowl is modelled in the form of a squatting human figure with one hand held to the chin and the other over the knee. The figure is wearing a mitre like headdress decorated with a zigzag design. The stem socket is decorated with crosshatching and three horizontal incised bands below the rim. [CW [OPS Move] 17/10/2016]
Geographical reference
Bamenda
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1942
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Modelled, Process Moulded, Process Incised
Dimensions
Height: max 147 mm, Depth: max 63 mm, Width: max 69 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.1336 Other numbers: 662

Search terms: Narcotic, Pottery, Figure, Pipe