pipe bowl (pipes (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)); tweezers (toilet articles)

A pipe bowl and tweezers, made from wood and copper alloy. The pipe bowl has a structure of wood, including a tapering stem and a rounded bowl with a flat bottom. The wood is decorated with copper alloy studs and pear-shapes. The end of the stem has a copper alloy fixing, to which a chain is attached that connects to the lid that has holes in the sides, a domed top and a bird figure on the top. The top of the pipe bowl also has a copper alloy fixing that has a loop on one side and a hook on the other. The tweezers consist of a V-shaped piece of copper alloy that is shaped at the centre to enclose a figure-8 loop. The tips of the tweezers are rounded with some shaping.
label: yellow with black type

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn12406
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
pipe with lid on: 96 mm x 73 mm x 41 mm; tweezers: 100.5 mm x 12 mm x 22 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
copper alloy; wood
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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