Tobacco-pipe

Description

Tobacco-pipe, with bowl of black earthenware with hatched ornamentation and stem of bamboo wrapped with coloured beadwork: Africa, Malawi, late 19th century

Museum reference

A.1889.461

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tobacco-pipe

Production information

Unknown
Malawi, Eastern Africa

Date

Mid 19th century

Materials

Clay, Bamboo, Glass

Physical description

Black earthenware bowl with hatched ornamentation; stem of bamboo covered with coloured beadwork

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, patterns of life