Pipe

Museum number:
9-645
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.650
Description:
tobacco pipe (stem and mouthpiece only); bamboo stem, brass bit with fish and crustaceans in low relief; Context of use: Tiny bowl served to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough only for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession
Donor:
Herbert Mason, William A. Setchell, and Ynes Mexia
Collection place:
Japan
Collector:
William A. Setchell
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 9-645, described as tobacco pipe (stem and mouthpiece only); bamboo stem, brass bit with fish and crustaceans in low relief; Context of use: Tiny bowl served to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough only for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 9-645, described as tobacco pipe (stem and mouthpiece only); bamboo stem, brass bit with fish and crustaceans in low relief; Context of use: Tiny bowl served to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough only for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession

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