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Smoking pipe

Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Smoking pipe
 (early 20th century)

Medium
bamboo

Measurements
40.6 × 8.2 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1979
© the artists

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
O114-1979

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
At one side a carved squatting 'human' figure (smiling) with a hole in the middle of his body. At the other side two carved smiling faces. On the top of the smoking pipe another hole.

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