Wooden tobacco pipe

Made:
1890-1925 in South Africa
Wooden tobacco pipe, bowl carved in the form of a seated woman

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Wooden tobacco pipe, bowl carved in the form of a seated woman
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Wooden tobacco pipe, bowl carved in the form of a seated woman, head forms the stopper(?) (possibly not original), stem joins the bowl where woman's stern would be at acute angle, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A158325
Materials:
wood, bowl lining, tin and decoration, glass, beads
type:
tobacco pipes
credit:
Glendining