pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking)

An amber pipe stem in three parts. One piece is shaped like an onion dome, graduating in size towards the bottom, with a hole running through its length. The second piece is cylindrical, slightly graduating in shape and with a hole through the length. The third piece consists of a thin spindle of wood topped with two sections of amber. The first is a small cylinder, the second a smaller onion dome, the two are separated by a small band of dark wood. When placed together, the spindle in part 3, passes through the holes in parts 2 and 1 respectively.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn14884
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 134 mm x 41 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
amber; wood
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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