Tobacco pipe

Museum number:
9-8195
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3451 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
tobacco pipe; bamboo stem, brass bowl, brass bit with legendary anthropomorphic figure in relief; tiny bowl serves to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 9-8195, described as tobacco pipe; bamboo stem, brass bowl, brass bit with legendary anthropomorphic figure in relief; tiny bowl serves to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 9-8195, described as tobacco pipe; bamboo stem, brass bowl, brass bit with legendary anthropomorphic figure in relief; tiny bowl serves to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession

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