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Hookah base (qalian), Iran, 1750-1800

1750-1800

Hookah base (qalian) in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 733-1876), made in Iran, dated 1750-1800. The museum's brief description reads: Hookah base, carved coco de mer, Iran, Qajar period, 1750-1800. Museum description: Carved coco de mer hookah base, with four oval medallions, each with a diff…

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Hookah base, Qom (city), Iran, ca. 1850-1875

ca. 1850-1875

Hookah base in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 985-1876), made in Qom (city), Iran, dated ca. 1850-1875. The museum's brief description reads: Hookah base, unglazed earthenware, imitating European-style glassware, decorated with dots of light blue glaze; Iran (Qom), Iran, 1850-1875.. Museum des…

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Hookah base, Turkey, 18th century

18th century

Hookah base in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number C.152-1909), made in Turkey, dated 18th century. The museum's brief description reads: Top of a hookah, red earthenware with incised decoration, red, green and purple covered with a yellow glaze, probably turkish, 18th century.. Museum description:…

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Messiter Pipe, Yankton Sioux, ca. 1840

ca. 1840

Pipe stem in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2011.154.25), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department under the title “Messiter Pipe”. The museum dates it ca. 1840 and records its origin as Yankton Sioux; United States. The museum records the medium as Wood, quill, horsehair, wool, g…

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Opium Pipe, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800s

1800s

Opium Pipe, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800s is an object recorded by Cleveland Museum of Art, dated 1800s. The museum record gives material recorded as wood stem decorated with bronze and silver; measurements Overall: 56.8 cm (22 3/8 in.); place associated: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). These details come…

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Opium Pipe, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800s

1800s

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1947.585: Opium Pipe, 1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Imitation tortoise-shell, ivory and jade; overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

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Opium Pipe, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800s

1800s

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1947.598: Opium Pipe, 1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Lacquer, copper ferrules, and porcelain bowl; overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

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Opium Pipe, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800s (1947.583)

1800s

Opium Pipe in The Cleveland Museum of Art (accession 1947.583), classified by the museum as Miscellaneous, from China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), dated 1800s. The museum records the material and technique as green stem decorated with enamel. Measurements: Overall: 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.). These details are transcribed f…

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Opium Pipe, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800s (1947.586)

1800s

Opium Pipe in The Cleveland Museum of Art (accession 1947.586), classified by the museum as Miscellaneous, from China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), dated 1800s. The museum records the material and technique as wood with silver and enamel ferrules. Measurements: Overall: 59.8 cm (23 9/16 in.). These details are transcri…

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Pipe

Pipe is held by Székely National Museum. Museum description: Wooden pipe with a cylindrical, curved, "L"-shaped body, being wider at the end of the pipe stem. The stem bears traces of dark paint. It is fitted with a long interchangeable mouthpiece. The bowl of the pipe is fitted with a silver lid bearing an inscript…

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Pipe (Cleveland Museum of Art 2010.199)

1800s–1900s

Mothers often used long-stemmed pipes like this because they helped direct smoke away from the babies they carried on their backs. Carved by men, pipes were used by both men and women. A female maker added beaded fringe using a color scheme typical of Xhosa beadwork. The miniature apron suspended from the fringe sug…

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Pipe bowl (Cleveland Museum of Art 2008.152)

early to mid-1900s

Tobacco smoking had important social connotations in Central Africa, denoting age, status, and gender. Perhaps the enlarged hand expressed physical and spiritual powers and indicates that this work belonged to a chief. Figuratively carved pipes and snuff mortars constitute important genres of Luluwa decorative arts.…

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Pipe Bowl (Cleveland Museum of Art 2012.42)

possibly 1800s

Carved from a deep green, translucent stone with a highly polished surface, this exquisite example of an extremely rare type of pipe bowl originates from the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Like the few other known examples, this pipe bowl would have been complemented by a stem, now lost, made from wood or re…

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Pipe Bowl and Stem, Eastern Plains or Ojibwa, 1840–50

1840–50

Pipe bowl and stem in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2011.154.74a, b), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department. The museum dates it 1840–50 and records its origin as Eastern Plains or Ojibwa; United States. The museum records the medium as Wood, lead and the dimensions as H. 2 1/…

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Pipe Bowl and Stem, Ojibwa, ca. 1885

ca. 1885

Pipe bowl and stem in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2011.154.75a, b), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department. The museum dates it ca. 1885 and records its origin as Ojibwa; United States. The museum records the medium as Catlinite, chlorite, lead (bowl); wood, glass, beads, met…

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Pipe bowl for the long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe (chibouk)

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…

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Pipe bowl, America, mid 19th century

mid 19th century

Pipe bowl, America, mid 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated mid 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Wood; USA, Indian. Museum description: Pipe of wood; the bowl and stem in one piece, with inlay of annular ornament in white metal. The museum record gives material…

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Pipe bowl, Asyut, middle of 19th century

middle of 19th century

Pipe bowl, Asyut, middle of 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated middle of 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Pipe bowl of red burnished earthenware, Asyut, middle of 19th century.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of red burnished earthenware. Flaring bowl standing o…

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Pipe Bowl, Eastern Sioux, ca. 1840

ca. 1840

Pipe bowl in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2011.154.112), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department. The museum dates it ca. 1840 and records its origin as Eastern Sioux; United States. The museum records the medium as Catlinite, black stone, metal and the dimensions as H. 2 x 4…

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Pipe bowl, Germany, 17th century

17th century

Pipe bowl, Germany, 17th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 17th century. The museum's brief description reads: wood; German; 17th c.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of wood, inlaid with mother of pearl in a pattern of the two-headed eagle, and with the initials 'F. J.' Inside the lid…

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Pipe bowl, Germany, 1872

1872

Pipe bowl, Germany, 1872 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1872. The museum's brief description reads: Pipe bowl, German, 1872. Museum description: Pipe; maple wood bowl, with silver cap and chain and horn stem. The museum record gives material recorded as maple, silver, horn; measurements H…

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Pipe bowl, Germany, 18th century

18th century

Pipe bowl, Germany, 18th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 18th century. The museum's brief description reads: Meerschaum; German; 18th c.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of meerschaum, carved in the form of a turbaned head, the neck diapered with cross hatching; silver gilt mountings…

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Pipe bowl, Germany, 18th century

18th century

Pipe bowl, Germany, 18th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 18th century. The museum's brief description reads: Wood; German; 18th c.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of wood, carved in relief with a crowned two-headed eagle between scrolls supported by lions, and with similar srolls on…

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Pipe bowl, Germany, 18th century

18th century

Pipe bowl, Germany, 18th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 18th century. The museum's brief description reads: wood; German; 18th c.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of wood, carved in relief with subjects from the chase and foliage, the ground cross-hatched to resemble fish skin; silv…

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Pipe bowl, Germany, 19th century

19th century

Pipe bowl, Germany, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Pipe bowl, stamped earthenware, Nuremberg, Germany, 19th century. Museum description: Olive green coloured earthenware, stamped with wickerwork pattern, and with the figure…

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Pipe bowl, Germany, 19th century

19th century

Pipe bowl, Germany, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: wood; German; 19th c.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of wood; carved in the form of a barrel, the hoops of which are being removed by a dog and a monkey, while a serpant twi…

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Pipe bowl, Germany, 19th century

19th century

Pipe bowl, Germany, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Pipe bowl, German, 19th century. Museum description: Pipe bowl, made from a wooden root carved in high relief with deer and other animals of the chase and with fungoid forms…

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Pipe Bowl, Haida, 1815–20

1815–20

Pipe bowl in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2011.154.51), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department. The museum dates it 1815–20 and records its origin as Haida; Canada. The museum records the medium as Argillite and the dimensions as H. 2 1/2 x W. 3 3/4 in. (6.4 x 9.5 cm). Subject…

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Pipe bowl, Italy, 19th century

19th century

Pipe bowl, Italy, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: wood; Italian; 19th c.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of wood, carved in high relief with a grotesque mask and two demi-figures with wings and with foliated extremities. The m…

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Pipe bowl, Italy, 19th century

19th century

Pipe bowl, Italy, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: wood; Italian; 19th c.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of wood, carved in relief with a crowned double eagle, two demi-figures with wings and terminal scrolls, and a grotesque…

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Pipe bowl, Italy, 19th century

19th century

Pipe bowl, Italy, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: wood; Italian; 19th c.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of carved wood, the bowl itself in the form of the head of Mercury, the neck in the form of a griffin's head with open be…

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Pipe bowl, Russia, 1867

1867

Pipe bowl, Russia, 1867 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1867. The museum's brief description reads: Wood; Russian; 1867 Paris Ex.. Museum description: Pipe bowl of wood, inlaid with brass. The museum record gives material recorded as Wood, brass; measurements Length 6.4 cm; place associate…

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Pipe donated by Kossuth Lajos to Csernovits Péter, 1866

1866

Pipe donated by Kossuth Lajos to Csernovits Péter, 1866 is held by Arad Museum Complex, dated 1866. Museum description: Brown meerschaum pipe, featuring mount and lid of .950 silver. On the bowl of the pipe is an inlaid lead geometric decoration. The lid mount has the Diana Kopf mark (of Timișoara?) and the maker's…

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Pipe of General Dessewffy Arisztid

Pipe of General Dessewffy Arisztid is held by Arad Museum Complex. Museum description: The pipe of General Dessewffy Arisztid has an arched fitting, silver-plated on the bow, and a silver lid. On the chased and engraved lid are floral motifs. The fitting of the lid bears the signature of the general as an inscriptio…

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Pipe of General Vécsey Károly, 1840

1840

Pipe of General Vécsey Károly, 1840 is held by Arad Museum Complex, dated 1840. Museum description: General Vécsey Károly's meerschaum pipe has a convex silver lid, decorated with floral and geometric motifs, hinged, with fasteners. The base of the pipe has a silver ring, and stamped on the meerschaum part is the in…

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Pipe with cylindrical bowl

Pipe with cylindrical bowl is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Pipe made of reddish, fine ceramic, with red varnish. The bowl is tall, cylindrical in trumpet form, and the rim flares outward with a rounded edge. The short shank is decorated near the ring with two rows of fine roulette…

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Pipe with disc bowl

Pipe with disc bowl is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Pipe made of reddish ceramic, with a low disc-shaped bowl decorated on its surface, around the rim, with radially arranged grooves. The bowl is demarcated from the rim by a line made with a roulette wheel. The short shank extends…

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Pipe with lobed disc bowl

Pipe with lobed disc bowl is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Pipe made of grey ceramic, with a disc-shaped bowl consisting of 7 lobes on the upper part; circles with monograms are impressed on each lobe. Each lobe continues with 7 flutes on the back. The shank is short, decorated wit…

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Pipe with lobed disc bowl

Pipe with lobed disc bowl is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Pipe made of reddish ceramic with a flattened, lobed disc-shaped bowl (7 lobes). At the base of the rim it features decoration consisting of short vertically incised lines, then three parallel horizontally incised lines and…

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Pipe with ornamental coat of arms, I.G.

Pipe with ornamental coat of arms, I.G. is held by National Museum of Banat. Museum description: Typical pipe form from the beginning of the 19th century, adorned with an ornamental coat of arms. In its field appear two rampant lions confronting each other, between them a beehive (?), crested by a dove, the shield c…

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Pipe with round bowl

Pipe with round bowl is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Fragment of a pipe crafted from reddish ceramic, with a trumpet-shaped bowl. Only a portion of the bowl and rim is preserved. The piece shows a broken stem, broken bowl, and dirt deposits due to the soil in which it was found. T…

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Pipe with round bowl

Pipe with round bowl is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Fragment of a pipe made of reddish ceramic, with a round bowl decorated on the outer surface with vertical striations. The stem joins the bowl in the shape of the letter "V". Only the bowl and the beginning of the stem are prese…

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Reed Pipe, Kwakiiutlor or Heiltsuk (Bella Bella), Native American, 19th century

19th century

K'oak'omolakula (terminal retreating Reed Pipe) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 89.4.695), catalogued by the museum's Musical Instruments department under the title “Reed Pipe”. The museum dates it 19th century and records its origin as Kwakiiutlor or Heiltsuk (Bella Bella), Native American; F…

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Reed Pipe, Xaadas (Haida), Native American, 19th century

19th century

Reed Pipe (lateral retreating reed) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 89.4.572), catalogued by the museum's Musical Instruments department under the title “Reed Pipe”. The museum dates it 19th century and records its origin as Xaadas (Haida), Native American; Masset, Canada. The museum records t…

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Smoking pipe, Korea, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Smoking pipe in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number FE.436-2022), made in Korea, dated 1900-1950. The museum's brief description reads: Smoking pipe, made of silver and wood, Korea, early 20th century. Museum description: A curved head serves as a smoking chamber, allowing the escape of smoke, whil…

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Smoking pipe, Korea, 1900-1950 (FE.438-2022)

1900-1950

Smoking pipe in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number FE.438-2022), made in Korea, dated 1900-1950. The museum's brief description reads: Smoking pipe, made of silver, wood, and jade, Korea, early 20th century. Museum description: A curved head serves as a smoking chamber, allowing the escape of smok…

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Smoking pipe, Korea, 1900-1950 (FE.439-2022)

1900-1950

Smoking pipe in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number FE.439-2022), made in Korea, dated 1900-1950. The museum's brief description reads: Smoking pipe, made of silver and bamboo, Korea, early 20th century. Museum description: A curved head serves as a smoking chamber, allowing the escape of smoke, wh…

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Tobacco Pipe with Maple Leaves in a River (Cleveland Museum of Art 1939.308)

early to mid-1800s

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1939.308: Tobacco Pipe with Maple Leaves in a River, early to mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Bamboo, metal, brass, pewter (?), and iron; overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently veri…