Hookah bowl

Museum number:
9-5874
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Hookah (bowl); brass, wood, enameled; 2 chains pendant; varicolored floral designs also incised. 3 1/8 inch diameter x 6 inches high.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Metal, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hookah bowl, accession number 9-5874, described as Hookah (bowl); brass, wood, enameled; 2 chains pendant; varicolored floral designs also incised. 3 1/8 inch diameter x 6 inches high.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hookah bowl, accession number 9-5874, described as Hookah (bowl); brass, wood, enameled; 2 chains pendant; varicolored floral designs also incised. 3 1/8 inch diameter x 6 inches high.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hookah bowl, accession number 9-5874, described as Hookah (bowl); brass, wood, enameled; 2 chains pendant; varicolored floral designs also incised. 3 1/8 inch diameter x 6 inches high.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hookah bowl, accession number 9-5874, described as Hookah (bowl); brass, wood, enameled; 2 chains pendant; varicolored floral designs also incised. 3 1/8 inch diameter x 6 inches high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hookah bowl, accession number 9-5874, described as Hookah (bowl); brass, wood, enameled; 2 chains pendant; varicolored floral designs also incised. 3 1/8 inch diameter x 6 inches high.

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