Pipe
c.1900 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wood, carved and inlaid with lead |
| Brief description | Wood; S. African |
| Physical description | 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. |
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| Credit line | Given by Egbert Garcia, Esq. |
| Object history | Given to the V&A in 1905 by Egbert Garcia, Esq. [R.P. T87334/1905]. |
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| Accession number | 853-1905 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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