3227 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)), 3620 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)), and 3641 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
water tobacco pipe; metal; a) rectangular base with inlaid black lacquer in T and right angle shaped grooves had hinged tobacco storage container insert with Chinese inscription, 3 tubular inserts; long curved mouthpiece; b) bowl with tubular extension; c) tweezers; d) tubular insert for pick (pick missing); red, green silk tassels and brass snaffle attached to plaited carrying cord; to filter out the bitter tars and oils in tobacco; the lower part of the curved mouthpiece is water container; the shorter straight tube (b) is inserted into this vessel with its lower end resting in the water, and its upper end is actually the bowl which holds the tobacco; when the pipe is lighted the smoke is drawn down and through the water and out of the mouthpiece; the tweezers is used to carry tobacco to the bowl and the pick (missing) to clean the bowl
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
China
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment) and Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #145: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (June 17, 1971–July 26, 1974)