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Wood pipe with long stem terminating in a hand cupping the bowl. Bowl is inlaid with a silver metal, in three parallel rows of sawtooth patterns, with smaller sawtooth patterns horizontally arranged in each triangle.
Pipe
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Pipe

Maker Nguni Artist
Date20th century
Place of originSouth Africa, Africa
MediumWood, metal inlay
Dimensions2 7/8 × 4 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (7.3 × 11.7 × 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Ruth P. Phillips Art Acquisition Endowment
Object number2017.24
Collections
Visual DescriptionWood pipe with long stem terminating in a hand cupping the bowl. Bowl is inlaid with a silver metal, in three parallel rows of sawtooth patterns, with smaller sawtooth patterns horizontally arranged in each triangle.
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