Pipe
ClassificationsTools and Equipment-smoking equipment-pipes & pipe components
Datelate 19th Century
MediumPossibly bamboo and metal
Dimensions1 1/2 × 24 × 2 in. (3.8 × 61 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Diana Walker
Object number2014.4.2
DescriptionThe introduction of tobacco to Papua New Guinea prompted the creation of bamboo pipes. Different forms of pipes are made and used in different parts of the country. Similar pipes typically are decorated with geometric designs in a process called pyro-engraving. Depictions of spirit or ancestor figures can be found on pipes as well.On View
Not on viewCollections
19th to 20th Century
1644-1912
mid 19th - early 20th Century
mid 19th - early 20th Century
1644-1912
early 19th Century
