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Pipe
1900 – 1987
Gift of Douglas and Mary Kelley
1987/1.346
A pipe with a bronze pipe bowl attached to a long, thin wooden pipe stem. There is a small piece of cloth where the pipe bowl meets the stem. The pipe bowl is decorated with spiral designs. 
Pipe
1900 – 1987
Gift of Douglas and Mary Kelley
1987/1.347

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Smoking pipe (set of 3)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.568.2
A pipe with a thin, wooden stem and a cast brass bowl. The pipe bowl is decorated with various geometric designs and has a small conical base. 
Pipe
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.28
A cast brass pipe bowl with a leaf design around the stem end and a design of horizontal grooves around the bottom, near the small round base. 
Pipe Bowl
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.30
Terracotta pipe bowl in a cylindrical shape. The body of the bowl is covered with 'spider-motif' decorations knobs. Another smaller, cylindrical projection—where the pipe stem would attach—is undecorated. 
Pipe Bowl
1900 – 1950
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.116

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Smoking Pipe (Three of Three)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.568.3
Carved, hollow wooden figure with a hole in the top of its head and its back. The figure has articulated features and hair with a geometric design carved into its chest.
African (African (general, continental cultures))
Carved Bust
20th century
Gift of Evan Maurer in honor of Helmut and Candis Stern
2021/2.41
Pipe made in three parts: wood-carved stem, inner metal pipe for drawing smoke, and metal, possibly bronze bowl. Wood-carved, openwork stem is comprised of interlocking lizards; spiral whorls cover the cast metal bowl. bands of cowrie shells encircle the bottom and “neck” of the bowl, while its lip is topped with the classic Grassfields motif of a prestige cap.<br />
Cameroon (Cameroonian)
Prestige Pipe
1925 – 1975
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1985/1.150
Terracotta pipe bowl in a cylindrical shape. The top and bottom edge are decorated with horizontal grooves, while the body of the bowl is covered with small round knobs. Another smaller, cylindrical projection—where the pipe stem would attach—is decorated in a crosshatch pattern. 
Pipe Bowl
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.355

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Smoking Pipe (One of Three)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.568.1
The pipe consists of a long, curved stem, a bone mouthpiece, and a bowl delicately sculpted in the form of a male head. Rectangular ears protrude sideways, while a curved chin and inverted T-shaped nose jut forward. Geometric designs characteristic of Kuba carving adorn the face, neck, and coiffure. A number of brass tacks stud the pipe, and fine copper wire has been carefully wound around the stem. Camwood powder, highly prized throughout Central Africa, has been added to its surface.<br /><br /> Reference:<br /> Maurer, Evan M. and Niangi Batulukisi.  <em>Spirits Embodied:  Art of the Congo, Selections from the Helmut F. Stern Collection</em>.  Minneapolis:  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1999.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Pipe
1895 – 1905
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.208A&B
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