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Smoker's brazier, pipe lighter
Smoker's brazier, pipe lighter
Smoker's brazier, pipe lighter
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Smoker's brazier, pipe lighter

NameSmoker's brazier, pipe lighter, brasillero
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1930
Place madeArgentina, South America
MediumMetal (silver), wood
Dimensions5 1/8 × 14 9/16 × 5 1/4 in. (13 × 37 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert Downing, A.2010.25.16
Object numberA.2010.25.16
DescriptionRound silver bowl with flowing curvilinear repousse "vines" around sides, flat lip, rounded bottom. Bowl sits on three legs with four toed clawed feet and vining legs. Two wooden handles mounted just below rim project from plain silver sockets.
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