Tobacco pipe case

Tobacco pipe case, attached by cord and string via a coral ajime to a tobacco pouch, both made from fungus, Japanese, 1880-1923

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A192791
Materials:
case, wood, case, fungus, pouch, wood, pouch, fungus, ojime, coral and cord
Measurements:
case: length 235 mm
case: width 26 mm
case: thickness 20 mm
ojime: diameter 13 mm
pouch: length 108 mm
pouch: height 71 mm
pouch: thickness 32 mm
type:
tobacco pipe cases
credit:
Tunbridge Wells Municipal Museum