Pipe with Phallus

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Nigeria. Of humorous form, the carved wood pipe in form of a figure reduced to a flat shoe, a projecting phallus, and face with metal pin eyes, and iron tube and aluminum insert in pipe bowl. Warm burnished red-brown patina. Custom base. Size: 9.75" H (24.8cm)

Provenance: Marshall & Caroline Mount Collection, N.J.

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Pipe with Phallus

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Estimate $800-$1,200May 21, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT

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This auction is curated by:

Bob DodgeArtemis - Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic & Ancient Art

Charles MooreArte Primitivo - African, Tribal & Ethnographic Art

ARTE PRIMITIVO Tribal, Ethnographic, Ancient

May 21, 2026 11:00 AM EDT

Louisville, CO, United States

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