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You and your brother have a treasure.
That is a beautifully stylized, fruit wood, long-stemmed pipe called a lyulyka, which would have been traditionally smoked by a Zaporizhsky Cossack.
It was very likely handcrafted in the Carpathian Mtns. The most prized are the ones carved of walnut, which symbolize concentrated wisdom, and are signed by the artisan carver.
The word LYULYKA in Ukrainian is rooted in Turkish for LUILA, which means tobacco pipe.
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Hannia
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