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Description: | "Kachin pipe, brass, leather case. Used by the Hill Tribe, Chinese frontier. Burmah." [Register]
Metal pipe, leather 'sheath' contains two metal boxes - one for the opium, other to which the lighting apparatus/smoking tube are connected. Two boxes divided by two open tubes, one of which has a key and chain connected to it. Brass. Original tag states, "Kachin pipe was used by the Hill tribe, Chinese frontier. Burmese." Another tag reads, "Opium pipe". Burma.
The Kachin people are actually known as the Jinghpaw or Singpho people of Arunachal Pradesh who inhabit the district of Lohit and Changlang and the Kachin State of Burma. Some Singpho are also found in the Tinsukia district of Assam. Comprising a population size of 7,200 in India, they live in 12 villages, namely Dibang, Ketetong, Pangna, Ulup, Ingthem, Mungbhon, Pangsun, Hasak, Katha, Bisa, Namo and Kumsai. They are a tribe belonging to the Kachin of Burma and are ethnically related to the Jingpo of China. In contrast to the Jingpo, they speak separate languages.
Accession number: NCM 1889-165 | Subjects: | smoking and tobacco BURMESE | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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