ClassificationsAfrican Art

Pipe

Place CreatedSouth Africa, Africa

CultureXhosa

DateLate 19th Century

MediumWood, metal

Credit LineGift of the Charles S. Ackerman Fund

DimensionsMaximum: 5 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1 in. (13.3 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm)

Object number2021.003.003

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, June 6, 2022 - Present
Published ReferencesSandra Klopper, et al., The Art of Southeast Africa: From the Conru Collection (Milano: 5 Continents, 2002), plate 31c.

"New African Acquisition Includes Nguni, Thembu, and Xosa Pipes and Tsonga Snuff Containers." MCCM e-Newsletter, Spring 2022. p. 12. Pictured.

ProvenanceWith Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, California. Ex coll. Kevin Conru, Brussels, Belgium, by 2002. Purchased by MCCM from Jacaranda LLC, New York, New York.

Status

On view

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