a = bowl, b = stem, c = mouthpiece. bowl carved with carved face and leather wrapped stem with some hair still adhering. stem segment has 1cm section which is wire wrapped and red stone embedded on top. back has section that appears to have been repaired with pitch. mouthpiece is carved and wrapped with raffia and copper wire. Purchased form VanDer Straeten of Bruxelles
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, Babinji
Culture or time period:
Ba Binji
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 10 centimeters, height 4.5 centimeters, and length 30.5 centimeters
Comment:
B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: W 3-Bascom-1
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)