Smoking pipe

Museum number:
9-11505a-e
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
9-11505 and Ch-5a-e (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
pipe, water (hookah); base (a) brass - turns easily from a bearing arrangement between plates beneath the vessel so the pipe can be positioned for numbers of smokers without actually picking it up and moving it; stem (b) of 2 parts connected by a bridge of metal wire in center and at base where they fit into (a), made of wood, metal, cloth and string (wrapped in red string) [handwritten on card: one stem curves, attaches to stem extension on (c)]; stem (c) extension - through which smoke is inhaled (connects to b); chilam (d) red ceramic used to hold the smoking mixture; stoned [sic] (e) placed in the chilam to help keep the mixture burning. a: height 22 cm width (of base) 24.1 cm b: height 50 cm. c: length 105 cm d: 15.5 cm x height 18.8 cm. e: diameter 17.5 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Muzaffamagai dist.
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
March 4, 1970
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Ceramic (material), Cloth, String (fiber product), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
hookahs - water pipes - in general are used for a smoking mixture of 'Thambaku' tobacco paste, molasses, and aromatics - although they are of course used for forms of cannabis (ganja) as well (the size of this pipe indicates predominantly tobacoo use). the paste is used in the chilam, kept ignited by a piece of charcoal resting on a stone or clay disk; the smoke, being drawn through the water filled base, is thereby cooled. Role in trade - bought c. 1950, "old model
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
d— height 18.8 centimeters, b— height 50 centimeters, c— length 105 centimeters, d— width 15.5 centimeters, a— width 24.1 centimeters, e— diameter 7.5 centimeters, and a— height 22 centimeters
Comment:
exhibited: Artisans of India, 1973; references; see field notes.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Smoking pipe, accession number 9-11505a-e, described as pipe, water (hookah); base (a) brass - turns easily from a bearing arrangement between plates beneath the vessel so the pipe can be positioned for numbers of smokers without actually picking it up and moving it; stem (b) of 2 parts connected by a bridge of metal wire in center and at base where they fit into (a), made of wood, metal, cloth and string (wrapped in red string) [handwritten on card: one stem curves, attaches to stem extension on (c)]; stem (c) extension - through which smoke is inhaled (connects to b); chilam (d) red ceramic used to hold the smoking mixture; stoned [sic] (e) placed in the chilam to help keep the mixture burning. a: height 22 cm width (of base) 24.1 cm b: height 50 cm. c: length 105 cm d: 15.5 cm x height 18.8 cm. e: diameter 17.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Smoking pipe, accession number 9-11505a-e, described as pipe, water (hookah); base (a) brass - turns easily from a bearing arrangement between plates beneath the vessel so the pipe can be positioned for numbers of smokers without actually picking it up and moving it; stem (b) of 2 parts connected by a bridge of metal wire in center and at base where they fit into (a), made of wood, metal, cloth and string (wrapped in red string) [handwritten on card: one stem curves, attaches to stem extension on (c)]; stem (c) extension - through which smoke is inhaled (connects to b); chilam (d) red ceramic used to hold the smoking mixture; stoned [sic] (e) placed in the chilam to help keep the mixture burning. a: height 22 cm width (of base) 24.1 cm b: height 50 cm. c: length 105 cm d: 15.5 cm x height 18.8 cm. e: diameter 17.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Smoking pipe, accession number 9-11505a-e, described as pipe, water (hookah); base (a) brass - turns easily from a bearing arrangement between plates beneath the vessel so the pipe can be positioned for numbers of smokers without actually picking it up and moving it; stem (b) of 2 parts connected by a bridge of metal wire in center and at base where they fit into (a), made of wood, metal, cloth and string (wrapped in red string) [handwritten on card: one stem curves, attaches to stem extension on (c)]; stem (c) extension - through which smoke is inhaled (connects to b); chilam (d) red ceramic used to hold the smoking mixture; stoned [sic] (e) placed in the chilam to help keep the mixture burning. a: height 22 cm width (of base) 24.1 cm b: height 50 cm. c: length 105 cm d: 15.5 cm x height 18.8 cm. e: diameter 17.5 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Smoking pipe, accession number 9-11505a-e, described as pipe, water (hookah); base (a) brass - turns easily from a bearing arrangement between plates beneath the vessel so the pipe can be positioned for numbers of smokers without actually picking it up and moving it; stem (b) of 2 parts connected by a bridge of metal wire in center and at base where they fit into (a), made of wood, metal, cloth and string (wrapped in red string) [handwritten on card: one stem curves, attaches to stem extension on (c)]; stem (c) extension - through which smoke is inhaled (connects to b); chilam (d) red ceramic used to hold the smoking mixture; stoned [sic] (e) placed in the chilam to help keep the mixture burning. a: height 22 cm width (of base) 24.1 cm b: height 50 cm. c: length 105 cm d: 15.5 cm x height 18.8 cm. e: diameter 17.5 cm

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