Tobacco pipes in case

Museum number:
9-8193a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21098193a@2dc
Alternate number:
3404 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
tobacco pipes in case; a) and b) pipes: bamboo stem, brass bowl and bit; c) rattan case in twill plaiting; tiny bowl serves to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipes in case, accession number 9-8193a-c, described as tobacco pipes in case; a) and b) pipes: bamboo stem, brass bowl and bit; c) rattan case in twill plaiting; tiny bowl serves to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipes in case, accession number 9-8193a-c, described as tobacco pipes in case; a) and b) pipes: bamboo stem, brass bowl and bit; c) rattan case in twill plaiting; tiny bowl serves to hold only a small pinch of fine-cut tobacco, enough for only two or three whiffs; generally several pipefuls are smoked in succession

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