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A Fine Old Cameroon Pipe Bowl Ex Dr Noble Endicott

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A Fine Old Cameroon Pipe Bowl Ex Dr Noble Endicott

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Description

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 elaborately decorated pipes. Cameroonian artists shaped such pipes from locally sourced clay, which was then fired and glazed with soot and vegetable sap. Grasslands peoples, Cameroon, Africa. The pipe bowl measures 5.5 x 6 inches ( 8 inches tall on professional display stand) Provenance: The Dr's Jean & Noble Endicott, New York.

Condition

Good, well worn, shallow stress fractures on stem.

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A Fine Old Cameroon Pipe Bowl Ex Dr Noble Endicott

Name: A Fine Old Cameroon Pipe Bowl Ex Dr Noble Endicott
SKU: 121571606
Price: 320 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $500 - $1,000

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