Typical Nilotic tobacco pipe

Made:
1880-1930 in Sudan
Typical Nilotic tobacco pipe, elbow type, clay bowl

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Typical Nilotic tobacco pipe, elbow type, clay bowl
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Typical Nilotic tobacco pipe, elbow type, clay bowl, long wooden stem and gourd mouthpiece, Djour tribe, Sudanese Upper Nile, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A163784
Materials:
bowl, clay, stem, wood, mouthpiece, gourd and mounts, leather, hide
Measurements:
height 680 mm
bowl: height 75 mm
bowl, external: diameter 63 mm
bowl, aperture: diameter 30 mm
filter: diameter 70 mm
type:
tobacco pipes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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