A pipe formed from a curved piece of dark wood with a waisted cylinder bowl made from the same wood. The pipe stem has carved decoration including an antelope head. The moouthpieace of the pipe is made of a long cylinder of either bone or horn. The pipe bowl has carved bands of decoration at the top and bottom.
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