Brass tobacco pipe with iron stem

Brass tobacco pipe with iron stem, bowl cast into the form of a human head with face slightly stylized, flared disk at end of curvilinear stem, possibly Angolan, West Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654884
Materials:
bowl, brass, stem, iron, stem, brass and stem, wood
Measurements:
bowl: height 53 mm
bowl: diameter 30 mm
overall: length 355 mm
bowl and socket: length 74 mm
type:
tobacco pipes