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WOOD HANDMADE NUPE USED PIPE UTILITARIAN BILL HAT FIGURE MAN Type of Object: AFRICAN PIPE Ethnic Group: NUPE Country of Origin: NIGERIA Materials: WOOD, METAL TIN Approximate Age: 40+ years Dimensions: 6.0 by 1.0\" by 1.5\" OR 14.5cm by 8. cm by 4.0cm Weight: 67.0 g; 0.15 lb; 2.35 oz Overall Condition: Used, Excellent PATINA Excellent example of Pende creativity and skillfull utilitarian functionality.
Tobacco pipes is a highly respected item, both as a daily commodity and as an objectwith solemn ceremonial function. Smoking culture has special tools and artifacts fromAfrica. Materials ranges from bronze cast in the lost-wax method and ceramic carved from a solidblock of clay rather than sculpted. Common handmade pipes has an oval shaped bowl and up-going stem.Bronze casters have developed a high standard of technical skills and artisticcreativity. Bronze pipes had masks, with emphasis on blown cheeks oralmond-shaped eyes. Faces in pipes are used to commemorate and celebrate royal ancestors. Some pipes are made of wood, a cheap replacement of ivory from the earlier period with European colonizers.
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All of the individual items in our store are from my personal collection. These are objects acquired from more than 30 years of collecting both in the field and in New York. It has culminated in the creation of Ethnix Tribal Arts gallery in New York City and our online store. Each item has been selected for its individual merit such as the quality of workmanship, construction, age and authenticity.
