Antique North African Tuareg Tribal Pipe Tool.

For centuries, craftsmen from North Africa have been honing their metal working skills...making some of the finest brass implements in the world. At some point, early in the 20th century, some industrious artist decided to craft this very finest pipe tool, borrowed from a European design...yet extremely Moroccan in execution. My father, an avid pipe smoker, brought this rare piece back from his travels abroad, sometime in the 1950s. Pipe Tamper, bowl scraper and pick...beautifully made and very functional. A rare bit of 20th century pipe history intertwined with over a thousand years of artistic tradition. An amazing find by any standard. You will not likely come across another pipe accessory like this little treasure