Beer drinking tube in the form of a hollow cane with curved mouthpiece and filter

Made:
1900-1950
Beer drinking tube in the form of a hollow cane with curved

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Beer drinking tube in the form of a hollow cane with curved
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Beer drinking tube in the form of a hollow cane with curved mouthpiece and filter, covered in plaited grasses, possibly Ugandan, 1900-1950

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A169946
Materials:
wood and grass
Measurements:
height 550 mm
length 120 mm
diameter 13 mm
type:
drinking tubes
credit:
Gunnis, R.

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