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A pipe case and tobacco pouch that are connected to each other via a piece of cord with a decorated bead. The pipe case is made of made from tube of black ivory or plastic, that is oval in cross-section and has a repeating pattern on the surface. Attached is a tobacco pouch, which is rectangular, made of black, grained leather with a red suede lining. There is a flap closure and a brass clip with floral decoration.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
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