ANTIQUE XHOSA PIPE SOUTH AFRICA NOT ZULU COMPOSITE MOUTH PIECE C.1930

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ANTIQUE XHOSA PIPE SOUTH AFRICA NOT ZULU COMPOSITE MOUTH PIECE C.1930:
$280.00

AN UNUSUAL CURVED XHOSA Tobacco PIPE. WITH A WESTERN COMPOSITE (BAKELITE OR GUTTA PERCHA) MOUTH PIECE AND TRADITIONAL METAL LINING INSIDE THE BOWL.THE TIMBER SECTION IS CARVED FROM ONE PIECE AND HAS A TYPE OF BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CURVED STEM AND THE CONE PIPE HEAD. THE MOUTH PIECE IS CONNECTED TO THE TIMBER PIPE SECTION WITH A SHORT METAL COLLAR. THER IS A SMALL OVAL TYPE OF SPUR ON THE OUTER CURVE, WHICH I PRESUME IS A PLUG FOR THE HOLE THAT WAS MADE DURING THE DRILLING OF THE SMOKE CHANEL.THIS PIPE DOES SHOW QUITE SOME AGE AND COMES WITH A CUSTOM MADE STAND.THE PIPE IS 163 MM LONG
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