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Paper bag containing 8 smoking pipes: (a-e) 5 of bone, all with incised black li
Paper bag containing 8 smoking pipes: (a-e) 5 of bone, all with incised black li
Object Number 971-2-50/11548E
Display Title Paper bag containing 8 smoking pipes: (a-e) 5 of bone, all with incised black li
Descriptions
Object Description Paper bag containing 8 smoking pipes: (a-e) 5 of bone, all with incised black linear design
Inventory Description Pipe, bone, tubular, incised stripe design
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm (3 11/16 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-2-50/11548.E
Provenance
Collector John Yellen (April 1968 - August 1970)

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