pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

A pipe consisting of a ceramic bowl and wooden stem wrapped in brass wire. The bowl is formed of a black ceramic and depicts a figure lying down on top of a structure supported by cylinders; the figures feet are on the top of the pipe. The pipe bowl has a long stem connection that is decorated and has a slight curve. The bowl itself is bell-shaped and has bands of decoration. The wooden stem is an elongated cone with another thin cylinder of wood protruding from the broad end. The cone shape is wrapped in brass wire.
label: yellow with black type.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
5.126
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 335 mm x 51 mm x 49 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
ceramic; wood; brass; stone
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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