Summary
Chinese water pipe with stand holding a tobacco box, pincers/tongs and a combined pricker and brush, circa 1890s-1920s. This pipe would have been used for smoking tobacco, and may also have been used for smoking a mixture of tobacco and opium.
Physical Description
Water pipe made from white and yellowish metal, the body of the pipe has an incised design; this is attached to a vertical tube with a bend at one end. There is a tassel ornament suspended from the removable cylindrical bowl. There is also a tobacco box, pincers/tongs and a combined pricker and brush with the pipe.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Miss M. E. Chomley, 08 Aug 1934
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Place & Date Used
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Classification
Recreation & tourism, Substance use - tobacco, Smoking equipment
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
80 mm (Length), 35 mm (Width), 325 mm (Height), 0.41 g (Weight)
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Keywords
Opium Smoking, Smoking, Tobacco Smoking, Chinese Communities, Drugs
