- Title
- Inqawe yegqirha
- Subject
- Decorative beaded smoking pipe intended for use by diviners.
- Subject
- Smoking pipe
- Date Issued
- 1960-09-16
- Date
- 1960-09-16
- Date
- 2024-10-22
- Type
- Smoking and Recreational Equipment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/11257
- Identifier
- vital:75950
- Description
- The Diviner's smoking pipe is a meticulously handcrafted masterpiece, featuring a sturdy yet elegantly designed bowl embellished with an array of beads in rich and vibrant shades of white, yellow, green, and navy. Each of these colours holds deep cultural significance, symbolising the concepts of new life and fertility and imbuing the pipe with a profound sense of timeless beauty and heritage.
- Description
- Purchased from Mrs Joan Broster
- Description
- Forms part of: Walter Sisulu University Beadwork Collection
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Format
- 1 digital, JPG file, color
- Language
- English
- Relation
- still image beads, metal and wood Original is in good condition Walter Sisulu University Mthatha Campus
- Rights
- For research purposes only. Physical item available on request
- Rights
- Walter Sisulu University
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