Bamenda Ceremonial Pipe - Rabbit Form

Stem is scored with neat rings, and the little head wears a faint grin.

This terra cotta ceremonial pipe in the form of a rabbit from the Bamenda peoples is Bamenda, from Cameroon, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. The form of a pipe usually combines a bowl for tobacco with a stem, and the sculpted figure is typically placed on the bowl or the body. Long dark stem is marked with evenly spaced incised lines and short ticks. It ends in a compact head with pricked ears, tiny punched marks and an open bowl on top. The surface is grey black, polished smooth in places. It is 7 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 2 high.

Plain in outline, generous in character.