Opium pipe
An opium pipe consisting of an articulated horn tube with rings of ivory attached to the ends. The saddle is made of brass and decorated with a floral ornament. The inventory book of the National Museum records that the object has a lid (probably the opium bowl) made of green jade, but unfortunately it has been lost. (HM)
Material description: horn, ivory, brass
Manufacturing technique: planning, metalworking techniques
Dimensions: length: 57.5 cm, height: 5 cm, radius: 3 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: The pipe is well preserved, the opium flask is missing.
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