Hottentot green serpentine tobacco pipe

Hottentot green serpentine tobacco pipe

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Hottentot green serpentine tobacco pipe
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Hottentot green serpentine tobacco pipe, imitating the ordinary Dutch trade "clay", short tubular stem, flanged mouthpiece, spurred, tall cylindrical bowl, milling round rim, Hottentot, maker South Africa 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652888
Materials:
serpentine
Measurements:
overall: length 81 mm
bowl: height 44 mm
spur: length 8 mm
bowl: width 19 mm
bowl, aperture: width 16 mm
type:
tobacco pipes