Artist:Ngbaka
Medium: Wood, copper alloy, iron, vegetable material
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 3 x 6 3/4in. (27.3 x 7.6 x 17.1cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 22.1245
Image: 22.1245_PS2.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Tobacco pipe of carved, brown-stained hard wood made in three parts: 1) Bowl carved out of head that has scarification markings and coiffure; 2) Three tubes from head to third part, all bound with copper stripping; 3) Unconventional body that has breasts carved on top and lower body carved as a single form with decorative crosshatching on the upper surface and a hole at the end. Pipe shows use with traces of tobacco in bowl. Surface wear.