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LOT 2389

Central African Clay Smoking Pipe

TIKAR TRIBE, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.

9 1/4 in. (152 grams, 23.6 cm).

With decoration to the top of the bowl and an embedded wooden stem with leather binding, secured by twine; repair to the stem. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Cameroon, Central Africa.
From an old Dorset, UK, specialist collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

From the Cameroon

CONDITION

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LOT 2389

Central African Clay Smoking Pipe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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