A Garo of India, found mainly on the Meghalaya plains, has given rich ancestral heritage and outstanding craftsmanship in different work forms. The wooden tobacco pipe is one specialization of this Garo art, which is both cultural and functional in the life of the community. The pipe is carved out of one single piece of wood, showing the ingenious woodwork of Garo tribes as much for their innovative use of natural resources. The bowl of the pipe is funnel shaped to hold tobacco or other smokes, and has a flat circular bottom so that it can stand upright-even when not being used.
Out of the middle of the bowl goes a long wooden pipe from where the smoke passes smoothly, that is, from the bottom of the bowl, the tube narrows at the open end which increases comfort in smoking. It has a tiny long hole all along, where a shorter length of pipe could fit though not used possibly for air regulation or to shorten it for some particular smoking preference.

Most importantly, this tobacco pipe is a functionally important object; that is, the Garo tribe members actually employ these pipes in their social and cultural practices. Obviously making pipes like these does require elaborate skill: carving a pipe with painstaking care so that it can be endowed with the essential requirements of durability and aesthetics.