Pipe
AF559
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF559 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bakete |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Reed (plant) | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Tobacco pipe; dark brown in color; stem of pipe is bent upward at the mouth piece end; narrow, cylindrical reed mouth piece protrudes from the center of the top end; five rings carved around rim; wrapped around pipe below rim is a piece of braided plant fiber; carved on lower part of stem is imitation of basketwork pattern with horns of an antelope (Bambi) in the center; stem of pipe goes through bottom portion of bowl; bowl has an hourglass shape; top portion is larger and opened at top; bottom part has a flat base; two thin rows of zigzag pattern are incised around the rim and one row around the base; three protruding rings are carved around the center of bowl |
| Height | 22 cm |
| Length | 53 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 516 - Other Number |
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