This pipe is in the form of a standing human figure. The outsized, upright bowl is phallic, connecting to an upper torso that is without arms or head. The seamingly endless repeating ridges of the stem are reminisent of ascending smoke rings. It has been suggested that it was made by a Koro artist. (pers. comm. Lavuun Quackelbeen, January 9, 2007)

Provenance:
Sotheby's Paris, December 3, 2004: 109, lot 84.