Pipe

Museum number:
5-10155
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010155
Alternate number:
B-1767 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
pipe; brass; incised design on bowl; curved mouthpiece; loop attached; wood shank; L. 12 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Cameroon; collected at Lagos, Nigeria
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters and length 12 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-23-3 There is no evidence to support that this object is Yoruba, 7/25/06
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Pipe, accession number 5-10155, described as pipe; brass; incised design on bowl; curved mouthpiece; loop attached; wood shank; L. 12 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Pipe, accession number 5-10155, described as pipe; brass; incised design on bowl; curved mouthpiece; loop attached; wood shank; L. 12 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Pipe, accession number 5-10155, described as pipe; brass; incised design on bowl; curved mouthpiece; loop attached; wood shank; L. 12 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 5-10155, described as pipe; brass; incised design on bowl; curved mouthpiece; loop attached; wood shank; L. 12 cm.

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