Bamoun Cameroon Pipe Bowl - Collected Between 1925-27 - Truitard Collection

Bamoun Cameroon pipe bowl - collected between 1925-27 - Truitard Collection - terracotta - a chip in the upper part. Léon Hippolyte Claudius Truitard, 1885 - 1972, French colonial administrator. He spent his childhood in Saigon. He joined the Colonial School of Paris. He began his career in the colonial administration in Madagascar in 1910. Then Comoros. Demobilized in 1919, he returned to the Ministry of Colonies. Appointed governor in Cameroon in 1925-27 (so we have a precise idea of the collection date) - Governor of Réunion in 1936. 1940, Dahomey. characteristic features. There were three types of traditional pipes, made by artisans who had to be men at least 40 years old. The first, Abugu, of ordinary size, is made of wood, the smoker puts the tobacco there himself. The second, Abong, larger is made by potters, it can only be filled by the first wife. the third to very long was must be lit by the son, or the first wife. The human and social role of the pipe in Cameroonian society is expressed in traditional songs: "it soothes hearts; inspires patience, fills courage, directs thoughts, removes resentment and jealousy from hearts. It is also remarkable of the sovereignty of the chief. see Marfurt/Susini - Pipes of Cameroon - in Researches and Cameroonian Studies. 1966.