Pipe and Stem
Unidentified Shilluk maker
about 1946
Black terracotta, bamboo, hide, gourd, cord, and white pigment
Overall: 16 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 6 7/16 in. (41.3 × 6.7 × 16.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of H. W. Bedford
48.67.11066
Geography
Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Pipe
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by H. W. Bedford; Sudan Government, about 1946; given to present collection, 1948.
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