"A 19th Century Xhosa Beaded Tobacco Pipe"
A beaded tobacco pipe. The wooden stem is bound in metal supporting a beaded band. The bowl with a metal lining. South Africa, Xhosa L19thC.Condition; good, the metal lining is rusted.
See “The Art of Everyday Life,” Portable Objects from Southeast Africa, no. 11. Cleveland Museum of Art 2011 for a similar pipe.
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