Ivory and wood pipe bowl carved in form of kneeling native wearing grass skirt and linen cloth

Made:
1850-1920
Ivory and wood pipe bowl carved in form of kneeling native

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Ivory and wood pipe bowl carved in form of kneeling native
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Ivory and wood pipe bowl carved in form of kneeling native wearing grass skirt and linen cloth, head broken, showing distinct Polynesian influence, novelty pipe, Norway(?), 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652132
Materials:
wood, ivory and lining (bowl), iron
type:
tobacco pipe