Tobacco pipe, encrusted with coins, buttons, badges, shells, plaques and crests

Made:
1851-1900 in India

Cane tobacco pipe, encrusted with coins, regimental buttons, badges, shells, plaques, crests, wooden bowl projecting from side, Indian (?), 1851-1900. Accompanied by 3 coins, 2 buttons, 1 shell and metal rod - presumably originally part of the pipe (see A100133/2).

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A100133
Materials:
complete, bamboo, metal, glass, shell and wood
Measurements:
overall: 373 mm x 80 mm 45 mm,
type:
tobacco pipe
credit:
Evans, J.H.

Parts

Tobacco pipe, encrusted with coins, buttons, badges, shells, plaques, crests

Tobacco pipe, encrusted with coins, buttons, badges, shells, plaques, crests

Cane tobacco pipe, encrusted with coins, regimental buttons, badges, shells, plaques, crests, wooden bowl projecting from side, Indian (?), 1851-1900

Measurements:
overall: 373 mm x 80 mm 45 mm,
Materials:
complete , bamboo , metal , glass , shell and wood
Object Number:
A100133/1
type:
tobacco pipe
Three coins, two buttons, one shell and a metal rod from tobacco pipe

Three coins, two buttons, one shell and a metal rod from tobacco pipe

Three coins, two of which are copper, one silver; two buttons, one hexangonal shaped, one round; one white shell and one metal rod, from cane tobacco pipe, encrusted with coins, regimental buttons, badges, shells, plaques, crests, wooden bowl projecting from side, Indian (?), 1851-1900

Measurements:
overall: 373 mm x 80 mm 45 mm,
Materials:
metal , glass , shell , wood and complete
Object Number:
A100133/2
type:
tobacco pipe