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Caption

Tikar. Pipe, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, ceramic, copper alloy, skin(?), applied materials, 17 1/4 x 3 x 2 3/4 in. (43.8 x 7.6 x 7.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abbott A. Lippman to the Jennie Simpson Educational Collection of African Art, 72.172.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 72.172.6_bw.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Tikar

Title

Pipe

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Bamessing, Bamenda, Cameroon

Medium

Wood, ceramic, copper alloy, skin(?), applied materials

Classification

Smoking/Drugs

Dimensions

17 1/4 x 3 x 2 3/4 in. (43.8 x 7.6 x 7.0 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abbott A. Lippman to the Jennie Simpson Educational Collection of African Art

Accession Number

72.172.6

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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