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Kuba Pipe with Antelope Image
This delightful pipe is complete and intact. It has a sumptuous patina from years of leisurely handling. The wooden bowl is separately carved from the midsection and the the mouthpiece is bone. Traditional Kuba designs, similar to patterns seen in Kuba textiles, encircle the bowl and the segments of the wooden stem. Along the top of the pipe the carver has rendered the head of an antelope with long gently curving horns- most likely a lechwe, a species once common in marshy areas of the Kuba Kingdom. 23″ long.
