"Water smoking-pipe made of green serpentine [a], consisting of reed tube, leather thong, ram-horn water receptacle, and fibre string [b]." Measures: 49cm (H) x 16.5cm (W) x 11cm (D) [Measurements taken from the British Museum online collections database].

Human-Made Object

Af,Cd.1.a-c
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af-Cd-1-a-c

[18-?]-1882

This water-pipe was found/acquired in Botswana or South Africa and purchased by the British Museum from William Wareham in 1882 using the Christy Fund. A previous owner was William Bragge. It is attributed to the Tswana community [Provenance narrative compiled by Chiara Singh from the British Museum online collections database].

• has type Pipe, Smoking (Term borrowed from Nomenclature 4.…)