FMNH 174977.nosub[1]

  • 174977: pipe stem beads, copper, tin
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Pipe stem beads, copper, tin foil, cowries
  • 174977: pipe stem beads, copper, tin
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: leather, gourd water skin [pipe?]
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    Scanner: Deanna Cundiff : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History | 22-43 | Country Africa | Locality Cameroons | People Bamum Stock | Name Beadwork pipe stem. Triangular pattern of blue & white beads, near upper end of pipe 7 coils of copper wire- tin foil covers end. Cowrie shells & other wire at lower end. | Collection Field Museum of Natural History Purchase | Notes Large ornamented brown clay bowl. Restored by Ito. | Width | Length Total length 128 cms. | Height | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | 174977 | ENT | Acc. 1608 [BACK] [ILLUSTRATION]
Catalog Number: 174977.nosub[1]
Description: pipe stem
Materials: glass beads, metal; copper, metal; tin foil, shell; cowrie
Cultural Attribution: Bamum
Accession Number: [1608] J. Kleykamp (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1925
Collector/Source: Jan Kleykamp
EMu IRN: 1372003
GUID: 49d0f6db-bfa8-4a27-a37b-aeca8d8ad975

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