Context (Related Documents)
Box in which bowl was stored: 'Bowl of pipe from Gamo / Hugh Scott / Bowl of pipe from Gamo with two-pronged base, reconstructed from fragments (material highly inflammable)'
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Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card: 'The type [of pipe] is carried by peasants on journeys on Gamo Province.'
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Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Donated by Dr Hugh Scott, FRS.
Bought from a countryman on the track between Boughé and Algudi (Gughé highland).
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1961.6[.1-2]: 'Smoking pipe with black pottery bowl (reconstructed by collector from fragments said to be highly flammable), body of wood with two prongs to stand on, and cane mouthpiece.'
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Pipe bowl and stem with stand. Black pottery bowl with biconical shape, flaring more towards the bowl end; bamboo pipe stem with horn and wooden stand with two feet fitted to the end; cylindrical projection from the horn is wrapped with leaf and plant fibre cord. Bowl reconstructed from sherds.
Event Date 22/2/2022
Author: Katrina Dring