The Luba pipe carved from a calabash is ornamented with two smaller human heads, which are facing up toward a kneeling taller female figure. The extensions to the calabash have been attatched with reeds to the sides and top of the gourd. The two small heads take on the appearance of stoppers, and the kneeling female figure, in the typical style of the Luba, is secured onto the calabash carved out of hardwood and displays, on the stomach and the back, the typical form of the tribal scarification markings; her hands rest on her exposed breasts and her eyes are closed. The maker has ornamented her hair in protruding circular shapes.
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