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Object Number 991-12-60/15006
Display Title Opium pipe
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Bamboo opium pipe with white (?) metal or brass (?) bowl. (Was valued by Yamanaka & Co. in 1940 at $5.00.) <transliteration> (Chinese name). 57.5 cm. (l) x 4.8 cm. (d) x 2.8 cm. (w).
Inventory Description Wood pipe, tubular, with metal bowl
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Bamboo, Brass
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 4.5 x 3 cm (22 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 288/ 991-12-60/15006
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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