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PIPE STOVE
Bamoun Culture, Cameroon
First half of the 20th century
Bronze
H.: 11; L: 4.2; Thickness: 9 cm
Tubular stove ringed on the upper part and animated with an anthropomorphic figure in relief and a frieze on the lower part composed of mesh motifs. This characteristic brace refers to the spider's web, the animal considered as the intermediary between the world of men and that of the divine.
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