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Tabak-Pfeiffenkopf (TRIBAL ART)

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78
Tabak-Pfeiffenkopf
(TRIBAL ART)
Grasland, Kamerun
Terrakotta. H 16 cm.

Provenienz:
Nachlass Kurt Hösli-Brutschin (1928-2006), Basel.

Kunstvoll gestaltete Prestige-Tabakspfeifen standen lediglich dem König und hohen Notabeln zu. Sie gehörten zu den Insignien der Herrscher und Könige aus dem Grasland, die sich gerne gegenseitig mit solchen Prestigeobjekten beschenkten.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Spindler, Roma (1992). Rund um Tabakspfeifen. Staatliches Museum Berlin.

CHF 100 / 200
EUR 94 / 188

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Tabak-Pfeiffenkopf (TRIBAL ART)

Name: Tabak-Pfeiffenkopf (TRIBAL ART)
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