Central African Brass Smoking Pipe Bowl

EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/2 in. (336 grams, 88 mm).

Comprising an elongated bowl with rounded rim and bands of integral geometric ornament to the sidewall, drum-shaped foot, angled hoe to accept the drawing pipe. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Cameroon, Cental Africa.
From an old Dorset, UK, specialist collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

Cameroon had by far the most elaborate smoking culture in Africa and the tobacco pipe was a highly respected item, both as a daily commodity and as an object with solemn ceremonial function.

CONDITION

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LOT 2405