Pipe

Museum number:
9-11180
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
46 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
pipe, tobacco; clay with copper and brass decoration; 11 cm length; 2.7 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur district
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
August 1969
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Clay, and Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used by men anytime to smoke tobacco; wad of tobacco is stuffed into larger end, then lit. Made by low caste men.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters and width 2.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pipe, accession number 9-11180, described as pipe, tobacco; clay with copper and brass decoration; 11 cm length; 2.7 cm widthHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pipe, accession number 9-11180, described as pipe, tobacco; clay with copper and brass decoration; 11 cm length; 2.7 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 9-11180, described as pipe, tobacco; clay with copper and brass decoration; 11 cm length; 2.7 cm width

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