Tobacco pipe
- Made:
- 1880-1925 in Netherlands
Clay tobacco pipe, bowl partly covered with hide and decorated with amuletic trinkets including cowrie shells, resinous cases, bead, and even a tooth-paste tube, probably Dutch with native South African embellishments, 1880-1925
Details
- Category:
- Smoking
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A2818
- Measurements:
-
overall: 55 mm x 130 mm
bowl, external: 49 mm,
stem: 95 mm 9 mm,
bowl, aperture: 22 mm,
bowl, height: 45 mm
- type:
- tobacco pipe
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)