Pipe Called Fitroha - Antandroy Culture, Madagascar - First Half Of The 20th Century

PIPE called Fitroha
Antandroy culture, Madagascar
First half of the 20th century 
Wood, brass, copper and pewter 
Length: 26 cm, height: 7.5 cm, thickness: 4.5 cm 

A dark wood pipe with an angled bowl and a tapered pipe decorated with two cut-out brass inserts. 
The bowl has a globular body with symmetrical decoration studded with pewter and brass pellets, the base has an incised diamond-shaped protrusion and the mouth is decorated with an applied copper disc. 

Also known as Kitohe or Kilahy, it was used at meetings where it was passed around among the participants who were invited to take a puff. 

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