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Anthropomorphic Pipe (Boka)

Culture: Ngbaka
Medium: Wood, copper alloy, iron, vegetable material
Place Made: Nord-Ubangi Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dates: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 3 x 6 3/4in. (27.3 x 7.6 x 17.1cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 22.1245
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Image: Overall, 22.1245_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

Catalogue Description: Tobacco pipe of carved, brown-stained hard wood made in three parts: 1) Bowl carved out of head that has scarification markings and coiffure; 2) Three tubes from head to third part, all bound with copper stripping; 3) Unconventional body that has breasts carved on top and lower body carved as a single form with decorative crosshatching on the upper surface and a hole at the end. Pipe shows use with traces of tobacco in bowl. Surface wear.

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