Pipe figurative - Chokwe - Angola
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Description from the seller
Beautiful Chokwe pipe carved with a Cihongo mask
Angola
Total length: 60 cm
Period: early 20th century (1920-1930)
Provenance: ex. Portuguese colonial collection, Edgar Vigario collection – Lisbon (Portugal), Paulo Akam collection (Portugal), private collection – Belgium
These pipes, carefully carved, were part of the prestige objects of peoples related to the Chokwe such as the Ovimbundu, Lwena, or Songo. From the 1880s, they appear in the accounts and representations by explorers, with chiefs using 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, hungry for rubber, wax, and ivory, as well as African slaves for their colonies in the New World. Local chiefs who prospered through this trade frequently commissioned prestige objects from local artisans to display their wealth and power. This tobacco pipe is one of those objects.
A pipe with a mask 'Cihongo' 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 (1920-1930)
Provenance: ex. Portuguese colonial collection, Edgar Vigario collection – Lisbon (Portugal), Paulo Akam collection (Portugal), private collection – Belgium
These pipes, carefully carved, were part of the prestige objects of peoples related to the Chokwe such as the Ovimbundu, Lwena, or Songo. From the 1880s, they appear in the accounts and representations by explorers, with chiefs using 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, hungry for rubber, wax, and ivory, as well as African slaves for their colonies in the New World. Local chiefs who prospered through this trade frequently commissioned prestige objects from local artisans to display their wealth and power. This tobacco pipe is one of those objects.
A pipe with a mask 'Cihongo' carved by the same hand was exhibited at Parcours des Mondes 2014 (last photograph).
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Details
Ethnic group/ culture
Chokwe
Country of Origin
Angola
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Excellent condition
Title of artwork
Pipe figurative
Provenance
Private collection
Authenticity
Original/official
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