Reservoir and stem for nargile pipe

Made:
1801-1900 in India
Coconut reservoir and wooden stem for nargileh pipe

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Coconut reservoir and wooden stem for nargileh pipe
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Coconut reservoir and wooden stem for nargileh pipe, coconut copper mounted finely carved bowl stem, Indian(?), 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A47836
Materials:
incomplete, coconut, copper and wood
Measurements:
overall: 555 mm
stem: 380 mm 43 mm,
reservoir: 78 mm,
type:
tobacco pipe
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)