F-50 Smoking pipe
Object Type
Smoking pipe
Object Number
JL-F-50
Artist
Unknown
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
South Sotho/South Nguni
Dimensions (cms)
Bowl: 13.8 x 4 x 6.6. Length: 23.5
Description

Wooden tobacco pipe. Carved to represent the seated figure of a woman wearing an apron of blue, white and red glass seed beads. The bowl of the pipe is metal-lined, and has a stopper carved
as the woman’s head, with a white bead necklace, black stud eyes, and hair made black with pokerwork.

Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Inscription, back: M+313
Classification
Smoking pipe
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library
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