Pipe

Museum number:
5-17003a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
EC-40 (temporary number)
Description:
(a) Gourd pipe with bamboo stem and (b) detachable ceramic bowl. Bowl is decorated with a plain band, lip to shoulder, and a cross hatched pattern broken by 4 plain "V" shapes opening toward the stem. A raised band around the stem is decorated with incised cuts. 1963
Collection place:
Gwembe Valley, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Zambia, Sinifala, Gwembe Valley
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 20 centimeters and height 48 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pipe, accession number 5-17003a,b, described as (a) Gourd pipe with bamboo stem and (b) detachable ceramic bowl. Bowl is decorated with a plain band, lip to shoulder, and a cross hatched pattern broken by 4 plain "V" shapes opening toward the stem. A raised band around the stem is decorated with incised cuts. 1963Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pipe, accession number 5-17003a,b, described as (a) Gourd pipe with bamboo stem and (b) detachable ceramic bowl. Bowl is decorated with a plain band, lip to shoulder, and a cross hatched pattern broken by 4 plain "V" shapes opening toward the stem. A raised band around the stem is decorated with incised cuts. 1963

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