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Date
1870 – 1880
Material
metal; wood
Catalogue Number
103.08.0253 a-c
Description
Three tobacco pipes (kiseru) which consist of tiny brass bowls with elongated extensions which connect to bamboo stems which connect to brass mouthpieces which are extruded and come to a small bore. (a) has Japanese calligraphic ideogram under bowl and mouthpiece, no other decoration. (b) has deco…
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Title
Pipe
Date
1870 – 1880
Material
metal; wood
Dimensions
1.6 x 1.0 x 16.5 cm
Description
Three tobacco pipes (kiseru) which consist of tiny brass bowls with elongated extensions which connect to bamboo stems which connect to brass mouthpieces which are extruded and come to a small bore. (a) has Japanese calligraphic ideogram under bowl and mouthpiece, no other decoration. (b) has decorations that look like an old man of the sea, and (c) has floral decorations on bowl and mouthpiece.
Subject
households
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
pastime
smoking
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0253 a-c
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