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Water Pipe
Unknown19th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Carved wooden water pipe and bowl straddled by a beautifully carved female figure with elongated torso. Body symbolically cicatrized in traditional style. Modelled arms with hands below small breasts; columnar neck surmounted by carefully carved head; coiffure bound up in cross-shaped framework. Wood worn and patinated; clay bowl has been repaired.
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Details
- Title: Water Pipe
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 19th century
- Type: Accessories
- Rights: Brooklyn Museum Collection
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2944/Water_Pipe
- Medium: Wood, leather, clay
- Possible place made: Luvua River region (?), Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dimensions: 23 x 3 3/4 x 9 in. (58.4 x 9.5 x 22.9 cm)
- Culture: Luba
- Collection: Arts of Africa
- Accession number: 22.1108a-b
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