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Description: | Bamboo pipe, hollow on one end and missing a piece in the pipe wall. The other end is closed by natural partition in the bamboo and two small holes made near the end. Incised pattern engraved into the length of the pipe include boats and other maritime creatures. Hairline fracture down middle.
Cane tobacco filled tube inserted in small hole near the closed end and pipe was filled with smoke by sucking at open end. Open end closed by the hand, tube removed and cooled smoke inhaled from the open end. Pipe was then passed from person to person and one pipe full would provide several draughts (Phelps, 1976).
Accession number: NCM 1987-1841 | Subjects: | PAPUA GULF REGION/ NEW GUINEA MELANESIAN smoking and tobacco | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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