Opium pipe

Museum number:
9-12826a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912826a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3098
Description:
opium pipe; a) bowl; red ceramic w/ black flecks; fitted brass base; center of bowl damaged; impressed markings on base; diam. of bowl 6.5 cm.; b) stem: bamboo w/ mottling produced by charring; ornate brass fittings; base of shoot area capped w/ silver-colored metal; l. 59.3 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Wilson Lacy and Wilson Lacy
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam
Collector:
Wilson Lacy
Collection date:
1968
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
opium pipe bowl; 9-12826-29 comprise an outfit.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 59.3 centimeters and bowl— diameter 6.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Opium pipe, accession number 9-12826a,b, described as opium pipe; a) bowl; red ceramic w/ black flecks; fitted brass base; center of bowl damaged; impressed markings on base; diam. of bowl 6.5 cm.; b) stem: bamboo w/ mottling produced by charring; ornate brass fittings; base of shoot area capped w/ silver-colored metal; l. 59.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Opium pipe, accession number 9-12826a,b, described as opium pipe; a) bowl; red ceramic w/ black flecks; fitted brass base; center of bowl damaged; impressed markings on base; diam. of bowl 6.5 cm.; b) stem: bamboo w/ mottling produced by charring; ornate brass fittings; base of shoot area capped w/ silver-colored metal; l. 59.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Opium pipe, accession number 9-12826a,b, described as opium pipe; a) bowl; red ceramic w/ black flecks; fitted brass base; center of bowl damaged; impressed markings on base; diam. of bowl 6.5 cm.; b) stem: bamboo w/ mottling produced by charring; ornate brass fittings; base of shoot area capped w/ silver-colored metal; l. 59.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Opium pipe, accession number 9-12826a,b, described as opium pipe; a) bowl; red ceramic w/ black flecks; fitted brass base; center of bowl damaged; impressed markings on base; diam. of bowl 6.5 cm.; b) stem: bamboo w/ mottling produced by charring; ornate brass fittings; base of shoot area capped w/ silver-colored metal; l. 59.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Opium pipe, accession number 9-12826a,b, described as opium pipe; a) bowl; red ceramic w/ black flecks; fitted brass base; center of bowl damaged; impressed markings on base; diam. of bowl 6.5 cm.; b) stem: bamboo w/ mottling produced by charring; ornate brass fittings; base of shoot area capped w/ silver-colored metal; l. 59.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Opium pipe, accession number 9-12826a,b, described as opium pipe; a) bowl; red ceramic w/ black flecks; fitted brass base; center of bowl damaged; impressed markings on base; diam. of bowl 6.5 cm.; b) stem: bamboo w/ mottling produced by charring; ornate brass fittings; base of shoot area capped w/ silver-colored metal; l. 59.3 cm.

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