Pipe and Stem

Unidentified Lotuko maker

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early 20th century

Red terracotta, wood, hide, black pigment, and cowrie shells

Overall: 22 3/16 × 2 13/16 in. (56.3 × 7.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

46.13.10833

Geography

Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Pipe

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

H.C. Story Collection; T.N. Green, The Hobby Shop, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1946.

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