Wooden tubular pipe with small brass pendant attachment at mouthpiece end; inlaid with bands of silver filament and tiny inlaid brass wire rings filled in with resin

Pipe

Tuareg people

Mid-20th century

  • Titles Pipe (Descriptive)
  • Medium wood, metal, resin
  • Dimensions 5 1/4 × 5/8 × 1/2 in. (13.3 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Michael Moody, AFI.145.2015a-b
  • Work Type pipe
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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