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Tobacco pipe
Object Number 991-12-60/15007
Display Title Tobacco pipe
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Tobacco pipe. Long, slender wooden stem, silver bowl, alabaster (?) mouthpiece. Stem seems to have been lacquered. (Valued by Yamanaka & Co. in 1940 at $2.00.) <transliteration> (Chinese name). 50.5 cm. (l) x 1.9 cm. (?) x 1.5 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Pipe, thin wood stem, metal bowl, ground stone mouthpiece
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood, Metal, Stone, Silver, Jadeite
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 1.6 x 1 cm (18 7/8 x 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15007/ 289
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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