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Description: | An amber pipe stem in three parts. One piece is shaped like an onion dome, graduating in size towards the bottom, with a hole running through its length. The second piece is cylindrical, slightly graduating in shape and with a hole through the length. The third piece consists of a thin spindle of wood topped with two sections of amber. The first is a small cylinder, the second a smaller onion dome, the two are separated by a small band of dark wood. When placed together, the spindle in part 3, passes through the holes in parts 2 and 1 respectively.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn14884 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | pipes (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking) wood amber amber (fossil resin) Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-130775 | Go to resource |
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