Tobacco Pipe
| Object Number: | P950 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Madang |
| Provenience: | Borneo Sarawak |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Bamboo |
| Length: | 45.085 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
Description
Tobacco pipe. Supak wai. "A straight bamboo pipe, used by the Madangs." (The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters) Thin segment of bamboo, the skin of one end decoratively cut into thin spirals. At this same end a hole (for insertion of bowl?). Bands of incised designs.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rain Forest (Furness, Hiller, Harrison Borneo Collection) (25 Feb 1989 - 01 Jul 1990) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Furness, William H. 1902. The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters: Its Festivals and Folk-lore.. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: following p. 170 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] McDougall, William, and Hose, Charles. 1912. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo.. London. Macmillan and Company. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Vol. I, Plate 44 f (far left, bottom) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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