R. T. Pritchett

“ NEW GUINEA. Bamboo is the material now in vogue and the mouth piece is cunningly arranged by making a small hole at the joint for the draught & bore. The Tobacco tube which cannot be called a bowl but rather a cigar or cigarette holder is always at right angles to the thick stem which averages 14in & 15in. in length. The ornamentation like that of “CHINAM” cases is very delicate & refined. The South Pacific affords us a shell pipe and from SAVO & the SOLOMON ISLANDS. we have a very simple contribution one would have expected colour from them certainly as well as from New Guinea ”

“ Although Smoking is generally associated with Tobacco only, yet there are other plants whose leaves are used for similar purposes & these will be referred to as we come to the different means of using them. ”

“ TURKEY Turkish tobacco is such a familiar form & so comprehensive in its light varieties that Turkish pipes must at once be called “CHIBOUQUES” & “HOOKAHS”. The red clay bowl of the former is generally 2 in. in diameter. The stem of Cherry or of Iasmine 5 ft long. When the Bowl is primed it is covered with thin paper & prepared for lighting. The Smoker at a range of 5 ft gives the signal & the light is applied—The mouth piece of clouded amber is very rounded & therefore only put to the lips.. The Red clay Hand Hubble of Benares is very simple. ”

“ AFRICA. Everywhere in the Dark Continent the habit of smoking something or somehow has been met with by our most energetic explorers even in the dense forests of new Equatoria. The Pigmies find it desirable to have something to smoke. Paul Du Chaillu in 1856 brought to our notice the Pipes shewn at the top of the next page. These are used by The Fans, a fierce Cannibal tribe—great in the mystery of Iron work, and are generally made of red or very dark clay. The Specimen from SANKURU River LAT 5° S is of wood & very beautifully carved.—The Bone Pipe is very like a Cigar Holder ”

“ AFRICA EAST. DAHOMEY is associated in our minds with the most ghastly & cruel scenes of useless blood-shed. & yet “TOBACCO” is smoked there and gradually is the Symbol of Peace asserting its gentle influence & Dahomey is now more humane than when Capt. Burton first visited it. To him we are indebted for the specimens opposite. The long peculiarly formed bowl like a “nepenthes” or Pitcher Plant is of Iron & has prongs or spurs of Iron. Length of stem, 33 in. The Hanging tufts are of Red Indian character. The upper pipe is carved wood & the double one, Iron. ”

“ CASHMERE. Naturally one would expect to find something of special beauty in the fine collection of The Indian Museum where the art of the various Provinces is so well represented in all kinds of metal work beautiful form & rich Colour. SRINUGGER CASHMERE yields a very lovely specimen of a Hookah. Copper gilt with very rich deep blue and green enamel produces a very noble result of harmonious colour. The “CHILLUM” is a choice work of art & crowns a very fine work of
CASHMERE ART
Height 30 inches. ”

“ INDIA. Of all the dreadful materials ever introduced in any land to the mouth of a smoker. The Red clay of India is certainly the worst & the roughest. Both these examples are Hand Hubble bubbles or HOOKAHS used by the Natives in India and the Red dotted lines shew where the Chillum to carry the tobacco is fitted on.
The sizes are given in each case otherwise the proportions would be a dead letter. The Tobacco, if tobacco at all, that is smoked in these specimens is of the roughest description. ”

“ AFRICA. The recent explorations in Africa have developed our Geographical Knowledge so much that a very special interest is imparted to many of these specimens by giving carefully the situations from which they have been procured—thus. The Ivory pipe of King MTESA from UGANDA Victoria nyanza is from a new Country & the ornamentation very refined & delicate. next the long one 8 ft. presented by the Khedive to the British Museum is from the MONBUTTOO tribe N. W. of the ALBERT NYANZA. The Lower one is from the SHIRÉ River near the Murchison Falls & used for Wild Hemp by the Manganja people. ”

“ Such was the Case with the specimen of Dyak Pipe & Tobacco Box now given. The Bamboo stem is rather large according to our idea in proportion to the Bowl. The Dyak is equal to the occasion & regulates the draft by putting dry grass therein. The wooden Bowl is very small. The wire at the side is to slip into his girdle. The Tobacco Box is a very rich brown, the outer skin of the Bamboo being Cut away to shew the pattern. ”

“ Pipe will at once be recognised. The whole machine is most cumbersome& the size therefore—The Horn being some 18in. must make it bad for Bushwork. Altho the tube can be unshipped most readily The Stone Bowls are carved with great care, the favorite form reminds us of the maces or “Martel de Fer” used in the real Iron Period.—There is found also the Duplex Bowl also in Steatite. ”

“ AFRICA Zanzibar at the present moment is a centre of public interest and the example given on the next page is an exceedingly good one, it is of carved wood & has much of the ARAB character in its form. ”

“ The Spanish influence in South America has not been likely to contribute to the developement of Pipe smoking, but we find native specimens of considerable interest Beginning from the South in Magellan Straits. The Patagonians. use the small short form which was in Mr. Braggs collection above that is quite a new feature a square pipe of 13in. in length used on Great State occasions—the sides ornamented with a Key pattern & steps as on HUACA · POTTERY in Peru. The large Bowl with small bone mouth piece is from River UCAYALI · Peru. ”