Pipe figurative - Chokwe - Angola
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Holds a postgraduate degree in African studies and 15 years experience in African art.
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Angolan Chokwe pipe figurative from the early 20th century, provenance from a private collection, authentic original, in excellent condition, length 60 cm, not sold with a stand.
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Beautiful Chokwe pipe carved with a Cihongo mask
Angola
Total length: 60 cm
Period: early 20th century (1920–30)
Provenance: ex. Portuguese colonial collection, Edgar Vigario collection – Lisbon (Portugal), Paulo Akam collection (Portugal), private collection – Belgium
These pipes, carefully carved, were among the prestige objects of peoples related to the Chokwe, such as the Ovimbundu, Lwena, or Songo. From the 1880s, they appear in accounts and representations by explorers, as chiefs used these pipes in this region of central Africa, in Angola or the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Chokwe chiefs (black-and-white photographs) became increasingly involved in trade with Europeans, eager for rubber, beeswax and ivory, as well as African slaves for their colonies in the New World. The local chiefs who would prosper through this ordered trade were frequently prestige items among local artisans to display their wealth and power. This tobacco pipe is one of those objects.
A pipe with a "Cihongo" mask carved by the same hand was exhibited at Parcours des Mondes 2014 (last photograph).
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Beautiful Chokwe pipe carved with a Cihongo mask
Angola
Total length: 60 cm
Period: early 20th century (1920–30)
Provenance: ex. Portuguese colonial collection, Edgar Vigario collection – Lisbon (Portugal), Paulo Akam collection (Portugal), private collection – Belgium
These pipes, carefully carved, were among the prestige objects of peoples related to the Chokwe, such as the Ovimbundu, Lwena, or Songo. From the 1880s, they appear in accounts and representations by explorers, as chiefs used these pipes in this region of central Africa, in Angola or the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Chokwe chiefs (black-and-white photographs) became increasingly involved in trade with Europeans, eager for rubber, beeswax and ivory, as well as African slaves for their colonies in the New World. The local chiefs who would prosper through this ordered trade were frequently prestige items among local artisans to display their wealth and power. This tobacco pipe is one of those objects.
A pipe with a "Cihongo" mask carved by the same hand was exhibited at Parcours des Mondes 2014 (last photograph).
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640
est.800
Details
Ethnic group/ culture
Chokwe
Country of Origin
Angola
Period
Early 20th century
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Excellent condition
Title of artwork
Pipe figurative
Provenance
Private collection
Authenticity
Original/official
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