Pipe
AF571
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF571 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Horn (animal part) |
| Description | Tobacco pipe; dark brown in color; stem of pipe is bent upward at the mouth piece end; narrow, cylindrical mouth piece protrudes from the center of the top end of pipe;eight lines are carved below top end of rim; cylindrical body; faint carving on center of stem-triangles with cross hatch pattern 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; deep groove around rim; two disc shaped rings around the center; bottom part has a flat base |
| Height | 14.5 cm |
| Length | 57 cm |
| Width | 5.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 509 - Other Number |
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