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Pipe200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Long-stemmed ceramic or carved stone pipe in brick red and terra-cotta, with a flared bowl, textured scale-like shank, and twisted spiral stem ending in a flat mouthpiece

Unknown, Pipe, 200 BCE–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Pipe
Culture
Colima
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Length: 12 in. (30.48 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.90.168.32
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.

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