pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking); tobacco pouch; lid (containers)

Pipe, tobacco pouch and lid. Small pipe with bamboo stem. Mouthpiece and bowl in white metal with section of tooled decoration and floral motifs derived from Chinese textile pattern on mouthpiece stem and bowl stem. Pipe case in wood, oval section, no decoration. Case connected to pouch by cord with copper ojime with three lucky decorative motifs: a shippo, Daikoku's hammer, and a clove. The tobacco pouch is of brocade, probably silk, with chrysanthemum decoration in dull gold and green against a drak grey ground. Clasp is two chicks in copper and silver coloured metal.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn845
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 193 mm x 102 mm x 23 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; cloth; white metal; silk; copper alloy; bamboo; cord
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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