Pipe bowl

early to mid-1900s
Overall: 6 x 7.4 x 24 cm (2 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
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Tobacco smoking had important social connotations in Central Africa, denoting age, status, and gender. Perhaps the enlarged hand expressed physical and spiritual powers and indicates that this work belonged to a chief.
Pipe bowl

Pipe bowl

early to mid-1900s

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luluwa or Luntu maker

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