Pipe bowl for the long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe (chibouk)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Pipe bowl for the long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe (chibouk) is held by World Museum Vienna. Museum description: Red "Turkish pipe bowls" for the long-stemmed pipe, the chibouk, were produced and exported in large quantities in Asyut. In the wake of the International World Expositions, they achieved veritable cult status. The museum record gives material recorded as Ceramic, pigment; measurements W. 10.3 cm, H. 6 cm, D. 6.1 cm; place associated: North Africa/Nile countries/Egypt/Middle Egypt/Asyut. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Ceramic, pigment
- Dimensions
- B. 10,3 cm, H. 6 cm, T. 6,1 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Nordafrika/Nilländer/Ägypten/Mittelägypten/Asyut
Identification
- Europeana id
- /15504/VO_16999
- Museum object name
- Pipe bowl for the long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe (chibouk)
- Holding institution
- World Museum Vienna
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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