Water pipe for woman. In three parts: Circular bamboo water vessel from water pipe, decorated with incised geometric patterning around the vessel and an attached red wooden lid with a curved handle and two small circular holes for the bowl and the stem, an earthenware bowl from water pipe with a waisted rim, incised line decoration and dark bamboo stem attached through the centre of the base and a thin cylindrical plain bamboo stem from water pipe with one narrowed end.
Used by women
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