Pipe bowl

early to mid-1900s Overall: 6 x 7.4 x 24 cm (2 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.152

Tobacco smoking had important social connotations in Central Africa, denoting age, status, and gender. Perhaps the enlarged hand expressed physical and spiritual powers and indicates that this work belonged to a chief. Figuratively carved pipes and snuff mortars constitute imp...

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