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Description: | Brass water pipe consisting of a base, water container with stem and mouthpiece, a hollow tubular burner, two tubular mobile containers and a tobacco holder. A cord with twin silk tassels secures the water container to a protruding knob at the centre of the body. The brass, square base of the pipe has etched decoration on four sides. Two have etched roundels of a cockerel surrounded by band of stylised floral motifs. The other two sides have etched bamboo sprays bordered by floral motifs. There are four holes to house different parts: two large holes to store the tobacco container and water container, two small holes to store two tubular mobile containers, which hold tweezers and a cleaning brush. The brass water container has a long gooseneck stem and mouthpiece at one end, a shorter hollow tube at the other end where a brass tubular burner would be inserted. A maker's mark of six characters is engraved on base. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | hookahs brass (alloy) silk water pipes thread cord brass Pipes and smoking Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-131692 | Go to resource |
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