Three tobacco pipes and two snuff containers ·  D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3042229

Description

two pipes, wood/metal: a) pipe with funnel-shaped head, rep. (breakages in two places), l: 22 cm; b) pipe with two heads, traces of corrosion, l: 20 cm; c) container: nut (?), geometrical decor in relief, wooden stopper on leather string, h: 8 cm; d) container: bamboo, brown patina, pokerwork, h: 7 cm; e) additional: pipe of the Makonde/Tanzania, wood, two parts/bicoloured, pipe head in shape of fine carved anthropomorphic head with rich scarification marks, l: 14 cm

The object Three tobacco pipes and two snuff containers with the object ID 3042229 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 397.

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