Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1942.13.1368.1

Pipe-bowl. Made from copper alloy metal. The pipe-bowl is cylindrical with a bulbous middle portion, the stem socket is attached to the bowl. The pipe-bowl is decorated with engraved cross hatched bands and triangles, the base studded with oval bosses. For the pipe stem see 1942.13.1368 .2 [AB [OPS Move] 27/9/2016]

1942.13.1368.1

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Pipe-bowl. Made from copper alloy metal. The pipe-bowl is cylindrical with a bulbous middle portion, the stem socket is attached to the bowl. The pipe-bowl is decorated with engraved cross hatched bands and triangles, the base studded with oval bosses. For the pipe stem see 1942.13.1368 .2 [AB [OPS Move] 27/9/2016]
Geographical reference
Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon
Bamenda
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1934
Date collected
1934
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Material Metal, Material Copper Metal, Process Cast, Process Incised
Dimensions
Height: max 35 mm total, Height: max 35 mm, Width: max 72 mm total, Width: max 72 mm, Length: max 321 mm total, Length: max 104 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.1368.1 Other numbers: 9

Search terms: Narcotic, Ritual and Ceremonial, Pipe

Further items to explore