Pipe, water (hookah); small; brass base (a) with stem unit (b) (two stems, both straight - one for chilam and one for inhaling through) tied to the base; (c) chilam, unglazed ceramic. A) and B): height. 59.3 cm: C) diameter: 5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Punjab, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Punjab, W.C.
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
April 2, 1970
Materials:
Bamboo (material) (bamboo wrapped with cloth covered by rubber-like coating), Brass (alloy), Ceramic (material), and Cloth
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
hookahs - water pipes - in general are used for a smoking mixture of 'Thambaku' tobacco paste, molasses, and aromatics - althougj they are of course used for forms of cannabis (ganja) as well. the paste is placed in the chilam, kept ignited by a piece of charcoal resting on a stone or clay disk; the smoke, being drawn through the water filled base is thereby cooled
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a and b— height 59.3 centimeters and c— diameter 5 centimeters