Ethnic Design Collection Reto Zehnder

This is old brass pipe head, due to its age and long use it has a hole in the furnace. The wooden stem on the picture is lost. 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 existing pipe has been collected in Northern Cameroon

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.

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.