Fourneau de pipe , Mangbetu, République Démocratique du Congo

collects é par Charles Smets entre 1910 et 1914
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collects ion privée

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collects é entre 1910 et 1914 par Charles Smets au moment de l'American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, ce fourneau de pipe anthropomorphe illustre le raffinement de l'art de cour exaltant, dans la complexité des parures corporelles et de la coiffure, les critères de beauté Mangbetu.
Voir Schildkrout et Keim (1990, p. 118) et Tervuren (1995, p. 261, n° 228) pour des fourneaux de pipes très comparables, le premier conservé a l'American Museum of Natural History, le second au Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, vraisemblablement aussi collects é par Herbert Lang.