A carved wood and brass pipe

Estimated Value:

1.000 € - 1.500 €

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incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Bamileke, Cameroonian Grassland
H. 41 cm
The pipe is an important status symbol and is of elaborate design. The wooden stem is covered with geometric incised decoration. The attached pipe bowl is cast in brass using the lost-wax technique and represents a face crowned by an openwork, high headdress with lizard motifs.
From the collection of Helmut Zake (1918-1995), Heidelberg, German historian and founder of the Society for Ethnology and Tribal Art, inherited within the family - Traces of use, partly only few tiny chips

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