Smoking pipe

Museum number:

9-11510a-g

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

F-S-1 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2697

Description:

pipe, water (hookah); small heavy brass base (a) with heavy (machine) carved wood stem (d) followed by chilam (c) - an unglazed ceramic, cracked and covered with rope netting - together, not directly connected to curved inhaling stem (b); (e) metal tongs and chain attached to (c). a: height 13cm x diameter 12.2 cm b: length 67 cm c: height 14.5cm x diameter 10.5cm d: height 30.5cm e: total length 56cm; f), g) (chilam stones) f: diameter 2cm; g: diameter 4.3 cm Exhibited - Artisans of India, 1973

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner

Collection place:

Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Verbatim coll. place:

India, Agrad, Nagar, Kashmir

Culture or time period:

Indian

Collector:

Richard Lerner

Collection date:

January 15, 1970

Materials:

Brass (alloy), Ceramic (material), Metal, 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:

in general hookahs 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 pasted is placed 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

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

d— height 30.5 centimeters, a— height 13 centimeters, b— length 67 centimeters, e— length 56 centimeters, f - chilam stone— height 2 centimeters, c— depth 10.5 centimeters, c— height 14.5 centimeters, a— depth 12.2 centimeters, and g - chilam stone— height 4.3 centimeters

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