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# Pipe case

Carved ebony furniture and decorative articles such as this were made initially along the Coromandel Coast and were carried to Sri Lanka and the Dutch East Indies where they were copied extensively. The case has carved floral patterns across it and is tipped with silver at either end.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1650–1700 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.w-145-1928](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.w-145-1928) · Pramāṇa
