Figurative man’s pipe

Unrecorded artist, Sotho or S.Nguni Peoples

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Unrecorded artist, Sotho or S.Nguni Peoples

South Africa 19th century

Figurative man’s pipe

c.1850-1900

wood, glass beads and sinew

lenght: 23cm

Provenance

Adolf Hoffmeister, Christina & Rolf Miehler, Colin Sayers Collection.

Notes

Rare figurative pipe sculpted in the form of a woman’s torso with outstretched legs, the pipe features an attached head with beads inlayed as eyes, which serves as a stopper. The waist and neck are adorned with glass bead necklaces. The composition reveals a beautiful interplay of lines, the extended calves continuing the diagonal flow of the form.

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Offered Sotheby's Important African and Oceanic Art: 11 June 2008: Paris: Lot 175

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