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Bamboo pipe stem, bound and covered in silver, from a Chinese tobacco pipe, no bowl, Chinese, 1801-1900; original object was complete with bowl; flimsy reads: "Mu-Su silver opium pipe. On card 12" x 8", (probably inaccurate identification) stem only, found in 1980
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Object Number:
- A22740
- Materials:
- bamboo, incomplete and silver
- Measurements:
-
maximum: 13 mm,
minimum: 7 mm,
- type:
- tobacco pipe smokiana (pipes) and smokiana (pipes) and tobacco pipe
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- pipe - smoking equipment
