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A Bali Pipe from an Amsterdam Collection

Een Bali-pijp uit een Amsterdamse collectie

By Don Duco

Abstract: This article describes and interpretes a Bali fetish pipe made in terra cotta in a traditional technique. The pipe was brought back as a souvenir in 1969 by an Amsterdam collector.

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© D.H. Duco, Pijpenkabinet Foundation, Amsterdam - Holland, 1994.

Illustrations

1. Tobacco pipe in terra cotta with human figure on the front of the pipe bowl, flat base with leakhole, slightly bent stem parallel on the bowl. Separate carved wooden stem with decoration of an elephant's head. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing tribe, 1966-1969.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 6893

Notes

1. Alfred Dunhill, The Pipe Book, London, 1924, p 181, fig 163. Bali fetish pipe.
Front view of the Bali-pipe. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
Side view of the Bali-pipe. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
The carving of the pipe stem in the top the columns of the hut. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
Decoration of repetitional motives of shells. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
Top view of the pipe bowl showing the flattened front. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
Side of the pipe bowl with impressed ring decoration. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
Detail of the stem showing a stylized head of an elephant. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
Wooden pipe stem with carved thicker part and thin reed like stem end. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
The flat bottom of the pipe bowl with leakhole. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.
The stem with a repetitional pattern of diamonds. Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamessing, 1966-1969.

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