Bamileke Ceramic Figural Pipe, Based
Product ID: A9000-025
$2,495.00
About this piece
A face with the volume turned up, topped by a tall patterned cap.
Bamileke potters of Cameroon, Central Africa, shaped this figural pipe in terra cotta in the 20th century. Pipes in the Cameroon Grassland are often associated with status and gatherings of elders, and the bowl is frequently modeled as a human or animal head. Here the wide face has a broad nose, flared cheeks and a stiff crest of crosshatched ridges above a band of incised lines.
About eight inches tall on its mount. Sullen in the best way.
