Serpentine stone tobacco pipe
- Made:
- 1880-1915 in South Africa
Serpentine stone tobacco pipe, bowl only, of double elbow type, with characteristic flange running along front of bowl and round to socket, Kaffir tribe, South Africa, 1880-1915
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A33566
- Materials:
- serpentine
- Measurements:
-
bowl: height 38 mm
length 51 mm
bowl, external: diameter 18 mm
bowl, aperture: diameter 15 mm
socket, external: diameter 13 mm
socket, cavity: diameter 6 mm
- type:
- pipe
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)