- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pipe bowl of tree root.
- Long description
- Pipe bowl of tree root, roughly pear-shaped, carved at socket into a head with hat and ruff, base is flat [SM (Verve) 09/02/2015]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- French
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1874
- Date collected
- By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Root, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- max 102 x 60 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.101.73 PR Cat other PR nos: 2732
Search terms: Narcotic, Figure, Pipe, Tobacco Accessory
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