Cylindrical wooden pipe stem. For the red pottery pipe bowl see 1942.13.278 .1, and for mouthpiece see 1942.13.278 .3. [CW [OPS Move] 21/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cylindrical wooden pipe stem. For the red pottery pipe bowl see 1942.13.278 .1, and for mouthpiece see 1942.13.278 .3. [CW [OPS Move] 21/10/2016]
Long description: Cylindrical wooden pipe stem, part of a pipe with pipe bowl made red pottery and copper alloy mouthpiece. The pipe stem is cylindrical and covered with thorns which have been smoothed. The shaft has been stained a reddish brown colour. The ends are plain and carved with tapering sides. The end which slots into the stem socket is wrapped and bound with a length of silk textile. For the red pottery pipe bowl see 1942.13.278 .1, and for the copper alloy mouthpiece see 1942.13.278 .3. [CW [OPS Move] 21/10/2016]
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 Wood Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Carved, Process Stained
Dimensions: Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 918 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.278.2 Other numbers: 319

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