Opium pipe with metal bowl; a) stem or tube, bamboo with opening for bowl; natural knob near opening; split in several places; b) bowl with saddle; saddle is brass-plated metal with lobed edges; fitted into it is pewter-color paktong (?) bowl, which has several Chinese characters on it
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)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #105: California State Division of State Parks and Beaches (May 18, 1961–February 26, 1987)