smoking-pipe
- Museum number
- Af1970,12.52
- Description
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Smoking pipe (tl'omasako) made of stone. Made from soft, sedimentary rock.The pipe is first roughly cut from a block of rock using an axe; then it is shaped with a knife and finally it is rubbed down on an abrasive rock. The hole in the pipe is bored with an owl.
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.50 centimetres
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Width: 5.30 centimetres
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Depth: 19.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- "Hadza men smoke tobacco and hemp both of which have to be obtained by trade. With the exception of a few old women, women do not smoke although they do chew tobacco. [...] The traditional and most common type of smoking pipe is the cigar-shaped one [...] The stone for making stone pipes is found mainly in one locality. Pipes are spread over the whole country of the Eastern Hadza mainly through being used as stakes in the gambling game. Stone pipes are not found among the Western Hadza" (p. 34)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1970
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1970,12.52