A Beaded Tobacco Pipe Xhosa L19thC

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A Beaded Tobacco Pipe Xhosa L19thC

A Beaded Tobacco Pipe

The wood stem metal bound supporting a beadwork strip

Metal liner

S Africa, Xhosa L19thC

Length; 7 3/4″ (19.8 cm)

Condition; good, metal liner is rusty

See ‘The Art of Daily Life’,  Portable objects from Southeast Africa, No 11.

Cleveland Museum of Art 2011

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