- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Red pottery pipe bowl.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Asante
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1934
- Date collected
- By 1934
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1934
- Materials and processes
- Material Pottery
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 34 mm bowl, Length: max 105 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1934.68.20
Search terms: Narcotic, Pottery, Figure, Tobacco Accessory, Pipe, Animal Figure
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