About the Artwork
Chief's Pipe Bowl
19th or 20th century
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African
Bamum
Terracotta
Overall: 7 5/8 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches (19.4 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase
F73.156
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Provenance
The Linden-Museum (Stuttgart, Germany). (Bretschneider)
1973-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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African Terracottas South of the Sahara. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, November 22, 1972-January 21, 1973, no. 248.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Bamum, African, Chief's Pipe Bowl, 19th or 20th century, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, F73.156.
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