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LOT 1636
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ANGLO-ZULU WAR 'BATTLE OF KHAMBULA' CARVED STONE SMOKING PIPE HEAD
29 MARCH 1879 A.D.
3 in. (236 grams, 74 mm).
29 MARCH 1879 A.D.
3 in. (236 grams, 74 mm).
Columnar pipe bowl with waisted profile. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found by Zulu natives, Khambula, South Africa, 1990s-early 2000s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
Following defeats by the Zulu army at Isandlwana and Hiobane, the British were desperate for a victory, which they secured at Khambula.
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