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Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,100
ABORIGINAL NOJE PIPE, with incised carvings at one end, length 126mm, diameter 44mm with three funnels at top, large and small hole at each end, and a hole for string support at base, c.1850-1890, made from a whale's tooth, (cf.Dunbar Sloane Sale No.62 for similar example). Very fine and rare.
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