F-28 Smoking pipe
Object Type
Smoking pipe
Object Number
JL-F-28
Artist
Unknown
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
South Nguni
Medium/materials
Glass (seed-beads), Metal, Thread, Wood
Dimensions (cms)
Bowl: 9 x 3.9 x 3.7; Length: 23.2
Description

Wooden tobacco pipe. The bowl is metal-lined, the shape of a clay pipe. Covered with black, blue and white 3 mm seed beads (large) in honey-comb pattern, except for the proximal 3 cm of the stem. The beads are threaded on cotton thread.

Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Keywords
Nguni, pipe, Transkei, wood
Classification
Smoking pipe
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library
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