Terracotta smoking pipe

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Terracotta smoking pipe, in the form of a human figure, with the trunk forming the bowl and the legs resting on top of the stem, zapotic

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A60175
Materials:
terracotta
Measurements:
bowl: diameter 45 mm
bowl: height 69 mm
stem: length 161 mm
stem: width 32 mm
length 202 mm
type:
smoking pipes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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