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Catalog Number CAS 0528-0033   CAS 0528-0033; Pipe
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pipe
Culture Tiriki
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Kenya
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal; Clay; Glass beads; String
Description Man's smoking pipe with cylindrical jar-shaped pipe bowl, decorated with 3 small appliquéd clay lumps around lower sides and series of parallel incised lines around upper neck; Cylindrical side extension on base is fitted with long slender meal pipe stem, most of which is spiral wrapped with single strand of plastic beads strung on black string and grouped in blocks of solid colors (blue, white, and red); Exposed proximal end of pipe stem is slightly curved.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.7, Width = 6.2, Length = 33.5