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Smoking of locally grown tobacco is common all over Africa. The Portuguese introduced tobacco (Nicotiana tobacum and Nicotian...read more
Smoking of locally grown tobacco is common all over Africa. The Portuguese introduced tobacco (Nicotiana tobacum and Nicotiana rustica) to West Africa in the 17th century after they discovered it in the Americas. Men and women are involved in tobacco use. Tobacco, grown on small plots of land, is a common and highly valued currency of exchange. It is also used ritually to make spirits favourable, or as a gift by young people to elders to obtain their blessing or favour. In Cameroon pipes in terra cotta where either utilitarian articles moderately ornate sold on the local market. Highly valuable ceremonial pipes made on commission by dignitaries.
The most explicit culture of pipe smoking is to be found in Cameroon. Each tribe has its own traditional decorations and strict regulations who is allowed to smoke which pipes. Woman for instance may smoke the pipes decorated with geometric patterns; they are not allowed to use pipes with antropomorphic and figural decorations. Cameroon also has a well- developed craft of bronze casting used for pipes.
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African clay pipe, Benin?21.01.1649
- Clay; Pottery
- Wood
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
The black terracotta stove covered with leather and reptile skin is straightened by lacing with vegetable fibres. The long reed pipe ends with a metal beak. The origin of this pipe is not clearly established, most probabnly from the Somba tribe in Northern Benin.
Ancient clay pipe Cameroon21.01.1646
- Clay; Pottery
- Wood
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- High aesthetic value
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
Splendid pipe Cameroon21.01.1647
- Clay; Pottery
- Ivory
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
This is a magnificent anthropomorphic pipe head from Cameroon, probably Bamoun. A clay head with an ivory stem. An extraordinary and rare piece. These pipes have been the royal attributes of chieftainship. Perfect condition besides a small chip on the upper lips, and a missing mouthpiece.
Original Nilotic tobacco pipe21.01.1648
- Clay; Pottery
- Wood
- Gourds, calabashes
- Leather & skins
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Excellent overall condition
Typical Nilotic tobacco pipe, elbow type, clay bowl, long wooden stem and gourd mouthpiece, Sudanese Upper Nile, maybe Djour tribe.
Bamoun clay pipe Cameroon21.01.1645
- Clay; Pottery
- Brass / bronze
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
A beautiful ancient clay pipe from Cameroon. Nicely decorated pipe stem, pipe head with a broken "nose".
Small African tobacco pipe21.01.1626
- Bones and horns
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
The exact origine of the pipe is not known.
Brass pipe from Cameroon21.01.1644
- Brass / bronze
- Wood
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Excellent overall condition
This is a very old brass pipe, with a well-sculpted furnace and stem. it has a small mouthpiece in wood. Due to its long use the pie head has a small hole. While Musée d'Ethnographie de Neucâtel (MEN) attributes a similar article to the Ashanti tribe in Ghana and some other sources link them to the Mossi in Burkina Faso, The present pipe has been collected in Northern Cameroon.
Clay pipefrom Cameroon21.01.1643
- Clay; Pottery
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
Beautiful decorated pipe head probaly from Souther Cameroon (Bamoun ? ). Signs of long use, original repairs, a extraordinary object for collection.
Two African iron pipes21.01.1642
- Iron
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
Set of bone pipes21.01.1641
- Bones and horns
- Leather & skins
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
African clay pipe head21.01.1640
- Clay; Pottery
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
Nice black clay pipe head, with fine decoration. Some chips on the lower end (see picture).
African clay pipe head21.01.1639
- Clay; Pottery
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
A small black clay pipe head.
African wooden pipe head21.01.1638
- Wood
- Iron
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
Made out of black hardwood with a metal inlay for the furnace.
African clay pipe head21.01.1637
- Clay; Pottery
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
- Original condition
The pipe head is in reddish clay. the lowe part (feet) is partly broken, see picture.
Clay pipe head Cameroon21.01.1624
- Clay; Pottery
- Excellent overall condition
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Original condition
The pipe head is in perfect condition; its origin is not clearly defined, but most probably Cameroon. The furnace has a lovely patina and three engravings.
Clay pipe head from Rwanda21.01.1625
The Ikinonko, or round pipe is used by ordinary men and women.
Ancient brass pipe head Cameroon21.01.1617
- Brass / bronze
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Excellent overall condition
- Original condition
Beautiful ancient pipe head from the Caeroon highlands, collected in situ around 1975. In perfect condition, but signs of long use, tar residus and nice patina.
Set of 4 "Tuareg" pipes21.01.1616
- Wood
- Metal
- Bones and horns
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Excellent overall condition
One long (170 mm) metal pipe with ints cleaning rod; one pipe (220 mm) made of wood, bone, brass, copper and white metal: one pipe cut out of a bone with metal inlay; one black wooden pipe.
Clay pipe head from the Cameroon Grassland21.01.1623
- Clay; Pottery
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
Old pipe head nicely decorated, with signs of long use. The furnace has been locally repaored, see picture.
Tutsi clay pipe21.01.1622
- Clay; Pottery
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Fair condition (some missing, broken or repaired parts, see pictures)
Tobacco pipe from Rwanda made of earthenware with a slender funnel-shaped bowl at the bottom ending in a sharp point. Undecorated black baked pottery, a small chip on the edge of the furnace (see picture). The Indende, or long pipe is used by wealthy people, while the round pipe is for ordinary people.
African clay pipe21.01.1621
- Clay; Pottery
- Leather & skins
- Wood
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
Unknown origin, mayce from Northern Cameroon
Tuareg tobacco purse and pipe21.03.1618
- Leather & skins
The Tuareg "ǝlbayt" snuffbox is probably made by leatherworkers of Tidjikja in a purely Mauritanian style.The snuffbox has four pockets with flaps. These "wargāt" leaves bear the names of the various objects that are stored in the snuffbox: the tobacco leaf, the tinder, the lighter and the pipe cleaner. The snuffbox ends with a pompom of leather "hair" and closes with a small leather cord. With the snuffbox comes a pipe made out of bone, black wood, copper and white metal.
Tutsi clay pipe head21.01.1620
- Clay; Pottery
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
Tobacco pipe from Rwanda made of earthenware with a slender funnel-shaped bowl at the bottom ending in a sharp point. Undecorated black baked pottery, a small chip on the edge of the furnace (see picture). The Indende, or long pipe is used by wealthy people, while the round pipe is for ordinary people.
Small African clay pipe 21.01.1615
- Clay; Pottery
- Wood
- Excellent overall condition
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Clay pipe from the Cameroon Grassland21.01.1585
- Clay; Pottery
- Iron
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
Nice old clay pipe, with signs of long use (tobacco remains) probably from Bamessing region. Similar pipe : ETHAF 039083, MEG
Extraordinary Shulluk pipe21.01.1584
- Clay; Pottery
- Bamboo
- Wood
- Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
- Excellent overall condition
Composite tobacco pipe consisting of a gourd and hide mouthpiece, bamboo shaft and pottery bowl, fitted together and theoretically detachable, although they are currently held together by a carrying loop.The pipe bowl has been made from clay and burnished and fired to obtain a reddish brown colour with some darker patches. The bowl has a nice patina. A similar piece can be found in t Pitt Rivers Museum under: 1902.17.1 .1 .2 .3
African brass pipe with snake motif21.01.1599
- Brass / bronze
- Wood
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
- High aesthetic value
- Excellent overall condition
A small, but rare and beautiful brass pipe from Africa, Exact origin unknown, probably Cameroon.
Beautiful old African brass pipe21.01.1597
- Brass / bronze
- Wood
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
- Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
This is a very old brass pipe, with a well-sculpted furnace and stem. it has a small mouthpiece in wood. Due to its long use the pie head has a small hole. While Musée d'Ethnographie de Neucâtel (MEN) attributes a similar article to the Ashanti tribe in Ghana and some other sources link them to the Mossi in Burkina Faso, The present pipe has been collected in Northern Cameroon.
African brass pipe21.01.1596
- Brass / bronze
- Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
- Excellent overall condition
Simple brass pipe, probanly from Sudan.
Old African brass pipe21.01.1595
- Brass / bronze
- Iron
- Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
- High aesthetic value
- Excellent overall condition
This is a old brass pipe, with a well-sculpted furnace and an iron stem. While Musée d'Ethnographie de Neucâtel (MEN) attributes a similar article to the Ashanti tribe in Ghana and some other sources link them to the Mossi in Burkina Faso, The present pipe has been collected in Northern Cameroon.