H x W x D: 6.5 x 5.5 x 45.4 cm (2 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 17 7/8 in.)
Type:
Sculpture
Geography:
South Sudan
Date:
Mid-20th century
Label Text:
This wood and metal pipe, although large by Western standards, was still small enough to allow the smoker to work and smoke at the same time, often the sign of a woman's pipe. Pipes collected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from this region often took the form of terracotta hyenas with yard-long bamboo pipe stems. The smoker would have had to sit in order to use them, therefore making them most likely to be used by men. This pipe could represent a change in tradition in a region under heavy cultural pressure due to civil war, or it might have belonged to a woman.
Description:
Globular wood pipe bowl with copper alloy rim and copper disk inlay, two part wood stem with copper alloy bands and mouthpiece.
Provenance:
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, -- to 1999
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