A bamboo water pipe with incised geometric decoration and twisted wire binding on the pipe bowl and stem. The pipe bowl is made from light-coloured bamboo with a piece of card in the whole to act as wading. The case, with a detachable lid, is made from cardboard and has Styrofoam at the bottom of the tube and inside the lid. The cases and lid are painted in blue and both have inscriptions.
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