Communal pipe bowl (Iran, Arabian or Indian)

Communal pipe bowl, wooden

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Communal pipe bowl, wooden
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Communal pipe bowl, wooden, fitted with four apertures and mounts for stems, standing on four short legs, probably made in Iran, Arabia, or India, 1850-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A14870
Materials:
incomplete, walnut, brass and ebony
Measurements:
overall: 155 mm x 200 mm x 180 mm,
bowl, internal: 32 mm,
bowl, external: 70 mm,
type:
tobacco pipe
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)