hookah

A hookah top made from brass and copper with turquoise inlay. The top has a copper tube at the bottom and leads to a bell shaped section has turquoise inlay at the rim and decorative panels with floral motifs inlaid with black and turquoise and the sections in between have three inlaid motifs. The spout extends from this section and has inlaid decoration. The top of the hookah top in an inverted one that has a hinged, domed lid with a decorative knob. There is a chain attached to the lid and cone that has broken.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn15427
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 276 mm x 131 mm x 73.5 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
brass; turquoise; copper; stone
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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