Tobacco pipe, holder, pouch

Museum number:
9-356a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090356a@2dc
Alternate number:
68 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.617
Description:
Tobacco pipe, holder, and pouch; (a) pipe: bamboo stem, bronze fittings with fish and crustaceans in relief, length 20.2 cm; (b) holder: dark brown carved wood with fitted groove; elongated bearded man with arms above head on case, length 20.6 cm; (c) pouch: of blonde wood, inro-shaped face in relief on both sides, one edge damaged, base split, height 8.5 cm; (b) and (c) attached with cord
Donor:
Nina F. Sargent and Perry Lincoln Sargent
Collection place:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, South Kanto
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Nina F. Sargent and Perry Lincoln Sargent
Collection date:
November 1926
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1926
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #71: Project EPOCH (January 29, 1969–April 22, 1969)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, holder, pouch, accession number 9-356a-c, described as Tobacco pipe, holder, and pouch; (a) pipe: bamboo stem, bronze fittings with fish and crustaceans in relief, length 20.2 cm; (b) holder: dark brown carved wood with fitted groove; elongated bearded man with arms above head on case, length 20.6 cm; (c) pouch: of blonde wood, inro-shaped face in relief on both sides, one edge damaged, base split, height 8.5 cm; (b) and (c) attached with cord

Tools