Tobacco pipe

Museum number:
9-625
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Alternate number:
LS-PXX 2420 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.650
Description:
tobacco pipe; ceramic painted and glazed bowl in shape of woman's head, cherrywood (?) stem, wood bit; l. 22.5 cm.
Donor:
Herbert Mason, William A. Setchell, and Ynes Mexia
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collector:
Chas. Heptonstall
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1930
Context of use:
prob. made for sale to tourists, atypical.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 22.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 9-625, described as tobacco pipe; ceramic painted and glazed bowl in shape of woman's head, cherrywood (?) stem, wood bit; l. 22.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 9-625, described as tobacco pipe; ceramic painted and glazed bowl in shape of woman's head, cherrywood (?) stem, wood bit; l. 22.5 cm.

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