Tobacco pipe stem

Made:
1801-1900 in China
Bamboo pipe stem, bound and covered in silver

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Bamboo pipe stem, bound and covered in silver
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Bamboo pipe stem, bound and covered in silver, from a Chinese tobacco pipe, no bowl, Chinese, 1801-1900; original object was complete with bowl; flimsy reads: "Mu-Su silver opium pipe. On card 12" x 8", (probably inaccurate identification) stem only, found in 1980

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A22740
Materials:
incomplete, bamboo and silver
Measurements:
overall: 259 mm
maximum: 13 mm,
minimum: 7 mm,
type:
tobacco pipe
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)