Mongo Pipe (R.D.C.) End of XIXth - beginning of XXth Century

Polychrome wooden pipe.
It lacks the hearth which was removable and most often in terracotta.
Xylophagous holes and small losses due to the voracious appetite of some rodents (see photo).
Mongo people, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Polychrome wood, strings.
Late 19th century - early 20th century
Origin: Gaëtan Schoonbroodt, Vienna, Austria
dim .: 43.50 cm x 11 cm

Ref: F5R6U1A1FA