Bamum Pipe
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Bamum Pipe
Artist: Unknown Bamum artist
Name: pipe
Origin: Bamum people of Cameroon
Made of: wood, natural bamboo-like reed, beeswax
Dimensions: H: 12.6” (32cm) W: 3.5”( 9cm)
From: Gift of Dr. Oliver E. and Pamela F. Cobb, 2009
Accession no. 2009.02.006
On display in the PLU’s Mortvedt Library (2nd floor)
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Cameroon
Description: An ornately carved wooden pipe with a wood and reed-like mouthpiece held in place by beeswax. The figure depicted on the bowl of the pipe is of a male with scarification on its large puffed out cheeks.