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Description
Note: "Rechts Lösch mit Messingpfeife aus Bagham, Pfeifenkopf in Elefantenform, Stiel mit Perlen bestickt." (Ch. M. Geary). Note translation: "On the right Lösch with a pipe from Bagham made of brass, the bowl in the form of an elephant, the stem decorated with beads." (C. M. Geary, E-30-0,7 and E-30-0,8). - Published in P.Jenkins "Warum tragen die Missionare Kostüme?", in: Historische Anthropologie 1996: 292-302. - P.V. adds that it is a "typical chief's pipe" from the Grassfields. (02.2002).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion 11.0 x 8.2 cm.
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