Collection

Green and red cloth firebag

Made:
1880-1910

Green and red cloth firebag, decorated with cowrie shells, contains bamboo tube and clay pipe, Indian, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A24841
Materials:
cloth
type:
firebag: pipe and tube
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Funnel pipe

Funnel pipe

Pottery funnel pipe, decorated, Indian, 1880-1910

Measurements:
overall: 138 mm 65 mm,
Materials:
pottery
Object Number:
A24841 Pt1
type:
pipe - smoking equipment
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Tube for storing tinder

Tube for storing tinder

Short length of bamboo tube for storing tinder

Measurements:
overall: 86 mm 20 mm,
Object Number:
A24841 Pt2
type:
tube
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Firebag for tube and pipe

Firebag for tube and pipe

Green and red cloth firebag, decorated with cowrie shells, for bamboo tube and clay pipe, Indian, 1880-1910

Measurements:
overall: 235 mm x 197 mm
Materials:
complete and cloth
Object Number:
A24841 Pt3
type:
firebag
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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