Pipe and Stem

Unidentified Shilluk maker

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collected about 1946

Red terracotta, bamboo, hide, gourd, cord, steel, and pigment

Overall: 30 1/2 × 2 7/16 in. (77.5 × 6.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

48.66.11017

Geography

Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Pipe

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

Arts Education Services, Peter Smith Studio, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Provenance

Sudan Government; sold to present collection, 1948.

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