Carved wooden pipe stem with spiral grooves in chevron pattern. The pipe bowl associated with this object is [1942.13.123 .1] [MOBB [OPS move] 21/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved wooden pipe stem with spiral grooves in chevron pattern. The pipe bowl associated with this object is [1942.13.123 .1] [MOBB [OPS move] 21/10/2016]
Long description: Carved wooden pipe stem with spiral grooves in chevron pattern. The lower portion which fits into the bowl is covered with wound patterned textile. The upper, tapering portion is decorated with a strip of metal with raised dots wound around it. The pipe bowl associated with this object is [1942.13.123 .1] [MOBB [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 Textile, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Wound, Process Beaten
Dimensions: Diameter: max 36 mm, Length: max 1841 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.123.2 Other numbers: 11