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Ancient and curious tobacco-pipes, from the International Exhibition, 1873. Creator: Unknown.

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Ancient and curious tobacco-pipes, from the International Exhibition at South Kensington [in London], 1873. A '...most valuable collection..., contributed almost entirely by Mr. W. Bragge. 1, 2. Japanese tobacco pipes (metal). 3, 4. Old English clay. 5. A native's pipe, Africa. 6. Black stone from the Upper Nile. 7. Dark red clay, inlaid with lead, Vancouver Island. 8. Fragment of one of the earliest known pipes, from Indian grave-mounds, North America; represents the hinder part of a bird. 9). Pipe-bowl, old German. 10. Modern French clay ; man's head in boot. 11. Bronze tobacco-stopper, old German. 12. Chinese water-pipe. 13. Central African pipe, of wood. 14. Flint and steel, old German. 15. American Indian tobacco-pouch. 16. Mexican stone pipe. 17. Sheisha, when smoked is filled with new milk, from Djebba-Sobat (Africa). 18. Porcelain pipe-bowl, old German. 19. Cigar-case, India. 20. Horn pipe, from Java. 21. Dutch snuff-grater. 22. Dutch snuff-mill. 23. Japanese opium pipe. 24. Greenland pipe, bone. 25. Silver tobacco-stopper, old German. 26. Chinese snuff-bottle, ivory. 27. Turkish tobacco-pouch. 28. Indian stone pipe, Vancouver Island. 29,30. Bone snuff-spoons made by the Amakosa K*ffirs, South Africa'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A13_242

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Droits gérés

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50,8Mo (3,3Mo) / 30,1cm x 42,2cm / 3561 x 4984 (300dpi)

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