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Figurative Tobacco Pipe

Teke, 1867-1899

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Teke

Figurative Tobacco Pipe

Teke, 1867-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, glass beads, 29.8 x 5.6 x 9.5 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Gilbert and Jean Jackson, Potomac, Maryland
Object Number 2002.610
Pipe bowl in the form of a male head wearing a bowler hat and a beard; a second head is below, also with a beard; both faces adorned with eyes indicated by a single white bead.

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2000–2000

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