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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early to mid-1900s creation date earliest: 1901 creation date latest: 1950 current location: creditline: Jo Hershey Selden Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Private collection, possibly France date: dates unknown, by at least 1987 footnotes: citations: possibly Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris, France date: 1990 or later footnotes: citations: Private collection, Belgium date: dates unknown footnotes: citations: Galerie Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium date: unknown-2008 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH by purchase date: 2008-present footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES