Opium pipe with small green covering; ivory mouthpiece; brass base on stem for bowl (bowl not present); ceramic imitation of bamboo green-glazed porcelain knob at one end of stem
Donor:
Herbert Mason, William A. Setchell, and Ynes Mexia
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
William A. Setchell
Collection date:
1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment) and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #145: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (June 17, 1971–July 26, 1974) and S1983-1984 #60: Pacific Heritage Museum (July 15, 1984–February 14, 1989)