hookah; a) vessel of coconut shell and wood, lathe-cut, painted red and yellow. Cloth stretched across top, tied on with string. Height. 25 cm; b) red clay 'chilam', height 9.5 cm Attr. based on page four of Lerner's list
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Sitapur District att.
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Cloth, Coconut shell, Twine, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— height 25 centimeters and b— height 9.5 centimeters