Tobacco smoking outfit; a) pipe: bamboo stem, brass mountings( bit and bowl with sockets) with cranes in low relief; 1. 22.3 cm.: b) oblong pipe case of deer antler with Paulownia leaf crest and fox, both in openwork; 1. 21 cm.: c) oval tobacco container of wood with hinged ivory demon’s face cover; shell eyes; 1. 10.5 cm. Green marbled glass(?) decorative bead (ojime) on cord from case to container.
Donor:
Mary Biddle Elliott Ponting
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1922
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #11: Oakland Public Museum (September 5, 1963–October 15, 1963), S1964-1965 #97: First Savings and Loan Association (May 20, 1965–June 7, 1965), S1965-1966 #43: Division of Social Sciences, Chico State College (November 18, 1965–April 19, 1966), S1972-1973 #71: San Jose State University (March 23, 1973–April 13, 1973), and S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)