Pipe, South Africa, ca. 1900
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1900
Tobacco pipe of carved wood inlaid with lead and lined with lead inside the bowl. Carved with a baboon crouching on the stem and with an adder crawling on the bowl. The bowl is inlaid with serrated devices and the back of the adder with checquered bands.
Tobacco-pipe of carved wood, inlaid with lead and lined with lead inside the bowl. Kaffir work. From St. Mark's Transkei, Cape Colony. SOUTH AFRICAN. 5¼ in. by 2¼ in.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height: 13.3 cm; Width: 5.7 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Wood, carved and inlaid with lead
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- South Africa
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O350709
- Museum object number
- 853-1905
- Object history (museum record)
- Given to the V&A in 1905 by Egbert Garcia, Esq. [R.P. T87334/1905].
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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