- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden pipe stem, cylindrical, with openwork carving. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/10/2016]
- Long description
- Wooden pipe stem, cylindrical, with openwork carving of a conventionalised animal or insect forms, in three tiers, each with four representations and the tiers separated by undulating bands. The ends of the cylinder are decorated with zigzag lines. The section which would fit into the pipe bowl socket has been wrapped in a plain textile strip. There is a tubular iron mouthpiece. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/10/2016]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1942
- Date collected
- By 1942
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1942
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Textile, Process Carved, Process Wound
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 52 mm, Length: max 550 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1942.13.1360
Search terms: Narcotic, Figure, Pipe, Animal Figure
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