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Antique, Terracotta, Pipe Bowls Bamileke, Cameroon, late 19th century.

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Antique, Terracotta, Pipe Bowls Bamileke, Cameroon, late 19th century.

 

 

Size : 14 cm H - 15 cm H - 18 cm H

 

Provenance:

Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) and Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Geneva.

 

Across Africa, women and men use smoking instruments for the enjoyable consumption of tobacco.

 

While simple pipes served the primary purpose of smoking and were more easily accessible, particularly elaborately designed tobacco pipes were the privilege of wealthy notables and rulers.

 

Further reading:

Cremer, Wolfgang (2004). Pipes, Hemp and Tobacco in Black Africa. Baum Publications.

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