Wooden tubular pipe with inlaid bands of silver filament and inlaid brass wire scrollwork

Pipe

Tuareg people

Mid 20th century

  • Titles Pipe (Descriptive)
  • Medium wood, metal, resin
  • Dimensions 6 1/4 × 5/8 × 1/2 in. (15.9 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Michael Moody, AFI.144.2015
  • Work Type pipe
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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