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Pipe, early to mid 1900s (wood, metal)

IMAGE number
CVL500372
Image title
Pipe, early to mid 1900s (wood, metal)
Artist
Congolese School, (20th century) / African
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
Medium
wood, metal
Dimensions
h:25 cms
Image description

Tobacco smoking had important social connotations in Central Africa, denoting age, status, and gender. Perhaps the enlarged hand expressed physical and spiritual powers and indicates that this work belonged to a chief.

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Photo © Cleveland Museum of Art / Jo Hershey Selden Fund / Bridgeman Images
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20th century / Africa / wood (material) / material / object / african / africa / woodcarving / tribal / mixed media / luluwa people / democratic republic of the congo / luntu
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Largest available format 4728 × 3012 px 4 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 4728 × 3012 px 400 × 255 mm 3.9 MB
Medium 1024 × 653 px 87 × 55 mm 609 KB

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