Wooden pipe stem, part of a pipe with reddish pottery pipe bowl. The pipe stem tapers slightly towards the mouthpiece. For the reddish pottery pipe bowl in the form of a squatting human figure see 1942.13.129 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 17/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden pipe stem, part of a pipe with reddish pottery pipe bowl. The pipe stem tapers slightly towards the mouthpiece. For the reddish pottery pipe bowl in the form of a squatting human figure see 1942.13.129 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 17/10/2016]
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 Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 19 mm, Height: max 304 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.129.2 Other numbers: 130

Search terms: Narcotic, Pipe

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