D.R. CONGO-ANGOLA, CHOKWE, A FINE TOBACCO PIPE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 19th - early 20th century
Congo-Angola, Chokwe, a fine tobacco pipe, late 19th - early 20th century,showing a Tipoye style, hammock traveler. A pair of seated porters holding a Colonial style hammock carrying a person, decorated with fine geometrical carved patterns.
An old label in the pipehead, reading 585 and a number in white lacquer T60 on the iron rod. The pipe bowl interior covered in iron. Provenance: Acquired 1930s by Hans Himmelheber in situ. Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany, #T60, acquired from the above Published: Nanina Guyer, Michaela Oberhofer “Fiction Congo”, 2019, Museum Rietberg, fig. 88.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- The pipe bowl interior covered in iron.
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- L. 51 cm.
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 207091604
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.