Superb prestige pipe bowl - Cameroon, Bali

fired clay, black coating, red pigment, cylindrical corpus, rising from disc-shaped base, a large face with horn-like projections in the centre, mask faces around the rim, handwritten collection numbe

A large cast bronze tobacco pipe bowl in the form of an Elephant. Kings, chiefs and elder dignitaries in the kingdoms of the grasslands (northwestern Cameroon) possessed such ceremonial and prestige t

* A Bamum Terra Cotta Chief's Pipe Bowl cameroon, 19th/20th century of figural form. Height 9 1/2 inches. Estimate $ 80-120 The Property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Sold to Benefit the Acquisiti

A highly stylized zoomorphic clay pipe bowl with large ears, protruding face, scalloped pipe bowl. Cameroonian men and women smoked after meals and at ritual events, but only the elite used such elabo

A group of Three Cameroon Style Objects. Cameroon. ++ Fang Style Mask. Wood, pigment. 7 1/2" x 13". ++ Cameroon Style Pipe. Ceramic. 3 1/4" x 14 3/4". ++ Cameroon Pipe Bowl. Ceramic. 4 1/2" x 4 3/4".

West Africa, Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamum or Bamileke, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A fine trio of pottery smoking pipe heads comprised of conical, hollow pieces, fused at the tips with a rein

African fertility figural pipe bowl, ex-museum, Likely Cameroon, finely detailed black clay, depicting a kneeling pregnant female figure with tribal facial scarification or markings, enclosed in custo

Bamileke or Bamum pottery pipe jar, Cameroon, Africa; in the form of a seated ape, its hands raised to its cheeks; H: 6 3/4" (approx.); wood standPROVENANCEEstate of Joseph T. Josephson, f

A Cameroon Terracotta Figural Pipe Bowl, height: 7". Provenance: Irv Fischer Collection, Michigan

3 Cameroon Grasslands Terracotta Pipe Bowls. On stands. Size: 5.25'' x 3'' x 2'' (13 x 8 x 5 cm).

Luba Peoples, Democcraic Republic of Congo, carved wood Prestige Portrait Pipe with tin lined bowl, lacking stem, 13" tall. Provenance: From the Estate of Joyce Colby.

A carved steatite stone skull and serpent or rattlesnake prestige pipe, Mound Builder culture, GA, USA. Ex. Dorso collection, acquired C. 1930’s. The Pipe measures 11 inches tall. Old label on the b

a rare old Mangbetu peoples Pipe Bowl or Stove from the Congo, central Africa.Carved wood sculpture with energetic pose and face, incised facial designs, swept up coiffure and lovely golden honey colo

West Africa, Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamum or Bamileke, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A massive figural pottery smoking pipe head comprised of conical socket for a wooden stem and mouthpiece and the

Pfeifenkopf Kamerun Ohne Sockel / without base Terrakotta. H 30 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich (in situ erworben, 1960er Jahre). Kunstvoll gestaltete Prestige-Tabakspfeifen gehör

**Originally Listed At $1500** West Africa, Cameroon, Bamun Peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating pottery pipe bowl presenting in the form of a stylized male head extending from a tubular

Tabakpfeifenkopf Kamerun Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. H 15 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich (in situ erworben, 1960er Jahre). Kunstvoll gestaltete Prestige-Tabakpfeifen gehör

A Long highly stylized tobacco pipe with an avian form on the Pipe bowl and incised linear designs and wonderful elongated form. The Pipe measures 19.25 inches long. Cameroon Grasslands, likely Bamun

Old Terracotta Pipe bowl and wooden stem, well handled and worn showing field use. Bamun or Bamileke peoples, Cameroon Grasslands, West Africa. Provenance: Ex Evan Mauer collection, CA. The Pipe measu

Tabakspfeifenkpof Kuba, DR Kongo Ohne Sockel / without base Terrakotta. L 10 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. Kunstvoll gestaltete Prestige-Tabakspfeifen gehörten zu den Insignien

Pfeifenkopf Bamun, Kamerun Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. H 19 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich (in situ erworben, 1960er Jahre). Kunstvoll gestaltete Prestige-Tabakspfeifen geh

Pfeifenkopf Bamun, Kamerun Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. H 12 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich (in situ erworben, 1960er Jahre). Kunstvoll gestaltete Prestige-Tabakspfeifen geh

Pfeifenkopf Grasland, Kamerun Terrakotta. H 19 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich (in situ erworben, 1960er Jahre). Kunstvoll gestaltete Prestige-Tabakspfeifen gehörten zu den Insign

Tabakpfeifenkopf Kirdi, Kamerun Ohne Sockel / without base Gelbguss. H 11 cm. Provenienz: Adolf Burkhardt (1935-2002), Bern. Kunstvoll gestaltete Prestige-Tabakpfeifen gehörten zu den Insignien d