Wooden pipe stem with copper alloy mouthpiece, part of a smoking pipe. For the pottery pipe bowl with ornamented angular legs see 1942.13.1317 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 5/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden pipe stem with copper alloy mouthpiece, part of a smoking pipe. For the pottery pipe bowl with ornamented angular legs see 1942.13.1317 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 5/10/2016]
Long description: Wooden pipe stem with copper alloy mouthpiece, part of a smoking pipe with pottery pipe bowl. The pipe stem is cylindrical with a stepped textile wrapped end which slots into the stem socket. The middle portion of the stem is decorated with an irregular pattern of bosses. A tubular copper alloy mouthpiece extends from the top. For the pottery pipe bowl with ornamented angular legs see 1942.13.1317 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 5/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Bamenda
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 Copper Alloy Metal, Material Wood Plant
Dimensions: Diameter 44 mm, Height: max 471 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1317.2 Other numbers: 315

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