Collector:

John T. Hitchcock  Search this

Donor Name:

Catharine McClellan  Search this

Object Type:

Water Pipe

Place:

Rankhandi, Sharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Accession Date:

14 Jun 2005

Collection Date:

1960 to 1969

Notes:

Hookah pipe stem. Wood (or bamboo?) tube, completely covered in red cotton cloth, and wrapped with copper wire and metallic thread.

Wooden hookah pipe stem. (See also catalog numbers E433412-433427 and 433445-433446). Hitchcock collected hooka parts from India, and photos can be found in the National Anthropological Archives, John Hancock Collection, Box 76, "89. project"; Box 68 , 27-d and in film "North Indian Village" (Human Studies Film Archives, 2007.7.5)

Record Last Modified:

6 Oct 2015

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2032229

USNM Number:

E433432-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3199ed2ae-71c9-4ad9-8057-83ee3863d8fd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_11623511