General
General
Object Auto ID
23271
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_29526
Common Name
smoking-pipe
Local Name
inqawa
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Pipe bowl in the shape of an abstracted male head on a short cylinder inlaid with metal zigzag designs. The face has exaggerated and elongated eyebrows moustache and beard and projects upward in a vertical cone. Inside of bowl inlaid with metal. Stem flares slightly at mouth piece/bit side.

Related Object(s)
Brenthurst Collection
Owner
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Wood
Technique Types
Carving
Colours
Brown
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
bowl:7 x 3,5 x 4,1 ; length:17,2
History
Object Age Comment
19th to early 20th century
Production Place
Eastern Cape
Place of Use
Eastern Cape
Collector
Jonathan Lowen
Collector Comment
Jonathan Lowen
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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