water pipe; narghile

A narghile consisting of a brass water vessel with a wooden stem and a mouthpiece. The water vessel in the form of a young coconut with a pointed bottom and tapering top. There is raised decoration near the bottom and under the rim. Just below the decoration at the top is a hole for the stem. The stem is a long cylinder of would with some turned sections and red and green painted bands. The mouthpiece is attached to a stem, which has been turned. The mouthpiece tapers to form a narrow opening and there are red and green painted bands.
label: yellow with black type

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn15355
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 578 mm x 541 mm x 67.5 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
brass; wood; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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