Pipe

97-18-40

From: Zaire

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 97-18-40
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kuba (African culture)
Provenience Zaire
Section African
Materials Copper | Clay | Wax | String | Bone
Description

Carved bone stem and pipe bowl. Ornamented with copper wire. Figures are carved in the bone (perhaps Hippo bone) areas. Some type of green string is found were the bone meets the copper wire.

Height 25.5 cm
Length 43 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hill II, 1997

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