Pipe piece

Museum number:
9-11623
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
Chilam; cylinder tapering toward upper end, wire screen fitted across flared end. red clay with decoration of incised verticals. Height 12 cm. "small hand chilam
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh (attr.)
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Clay (clay, turned, oxidized, incised; wire screen)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pipe piece, accession number 9-11623, described as Chilam; cylinder tapering toward upper end, wire screen fitted across flared end. red clay with decoration of incised verticals. Height 12 cm. "small hand chilam
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe piece, accession number 9-11623, described as Chilam; cylinder tapering toward upper end, wire screen fitted across flared end. red clay with decoration of incised verticals. Height 12 cm. "small hand chilam

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