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THB20th C. Cameroon Grassfields Pottery Elephant Pipe-Bowl
Lot 146
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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West Africa, Cameroon, Grassfields, Bamum or Bamileke, ca. early 20th century CE. An adorable pottery tobacco pipe-bowl in the shape of a seated anthropomorphic elephant atop a cylindrical plinth. The hollow figure sits with knees bent before him and his four-fingered hands raised to his face. Intricately incised with a lattice motif and a border of repeated circles, his prominent trunk curves inwards to form a loop and then drops down between his hands and legs. Large circular eyes are featured on both sides of his head, as well a pair of enormous annular ears that have been carved out to form small bowls. A striped tube rises along his backside, serving as a place to insert the shaft of the pipe. Size: 5.125" W x 6.75" H (13 cm x 17.1 cm); 7.375" H (18.7 cm) on included custom stand.
The elephant is a royal symbol of power in the Grassfields chiefdoms of Cameroon and the Fon (king) of these chiefdoms is often addressed by the honorific title "elephant". It is believed that the Fon is capable of transforming himself into an elephant and thus possesses the supreme might of the animal. Tobacco, which is smoked via this pipe-bowl, is an important crop of the Grassfields peoples.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Collection of Dr. Edward A. Spiegel (1931 to 2020); Dr. Edward A. Spiegel (1931 to 2020) was a professor of astronomy at New York University and Columbia University who worked on convection theory and the application of fluid dynamics to astrophysics. Dr. Spiegel was the first to discover Chaos Theory. As a professor, he gained a reputation among his students for his amusing stories of meeting other famous scientists, such as Paul Dirac and Stephen Hawking.
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#161335Ears have been reattached. Minor repairs to both top rims with some restored from new material. Some minor surface wear such as light abrasions and small nicks in areas, commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice with excellent remaining pigment and lovely earthen deposits in recessed areas.Condition
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