Opium pipe
An opium pipe consisting of a long bamboo tube with rings of green-brown jade attached to the ends (length 1.5 cm and 3 cm). The saddle is made of metal and modestly decorated. The octagonal opium bowl is made of reddish-grey jade. (HM)
Material description: bamboo, jade, metal
Manufacturing technique: metalworking techniques, jade carving
Dimensions: length: 55 cm, height: 9 cm, radius: 3.5 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: well preserved
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