id:			166211
accession number:	2008.152
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.152
updated:		2021-01-16 10:05:10.365000

Pipe bowl, early to mid-1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luluwa or Luntu maker. Wood, iron, and copper alloy; overall: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Jo Hershey Selden Fund 2008.152

title:				Pipe bowl
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creation date:			early to mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1901
creation date latest:		1950
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creditline:			Jo Hershey Selden Fund
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luluwa or Luntu maker
technique:	Wood, iron, and copper alloy
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Implements
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measurements: Overall: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Private collection, possibly France
	date: dates unknown, by at least 1987
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	possibly Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris, France
	date: 1990 or later
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	Private collection, Belgium
	date: dates unknown
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	Galerie Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
	date: unknown-2008
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH by purchase
	date: 2008-present
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wall description: 
Tobacco smoking had important social connotations in Central Africa, denoting age, status, and gender. Perhaps the enlarged hand expressed physical and spiritual powers and indicates that this work belonged to a chief.
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