Prestige Pipe
Unidentified Western Grassfields maker
late 19th century
Wood, brass and iron
Overall: 6 5/16 × 2 9/16 × 19 5/16 × 1 7/8 in. (16 × 6.5 × 49 × 4.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Michael Audun Gallis in memory of Michael Alexander and Britta Christina Gallis
999.17.30478
Geography
Place Made: Western Grassfields region, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Pipe
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Caskey-Lees Tribal Antiques Show, New York, New York, 1999.
Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.
Provenance
Gallery DeRoche, San Francisco, California; sold to Michael Gallis, March 3, 1999; given to present collection (in memory of his parents, Michael Alexander Gallis (1909-2001) and Britta Christina Gallies (1903-1999), 1999.
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