water-pipe
- Museum number
- As.7777.b
- Description
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Wheel-made hookah pipe, made from unfired clay. The pipe is cracked approximately one-third of the way down from the top.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 4.60 centimetres
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Height: 18.50 centimetres
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Weight: 132 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Register comment: 'Hookah in sunburnt clay. Hindu. Hookah body of pale drab coloured sunburnt clay. From the Indian Dept., London International Exhib. of 1871. Ticket attached: B. India. Class 3, Heading a No.51. 3277. Presd. by A.W. Franks Esq. Mar.9.1872. (Inman, /6d).'
This object is associated with As.7777a (a Hookah bowl).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Acquisition notes
- Collected for the London International Exhibition of 1873 (?).
Register comment: 'Pres. March 9, 1872 by A.W. Franks.'
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As.7777.b
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1872C1.7777b (old CDMS no.)