Smoking Pipe (Kiseru)

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Collector
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Donor Name
Emperor Of Japan
FROM CARD: "STRAIGHT HOLLOW BAMBOO STEM WITH SHORT BRASS MOUTHPIECE FITTED OVER ONE END AND A SHORT BRASS BOWL FITTED OVER THE OTHER END, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE STEM. BOTH BRASS PIECES ARE RINGED WITH SHALLOW GROOVES. JAN. 1969 LOANED TO JAPAN SOCIETY N.Y.C." ACCORDING TO HOUCHINS, 1995, P. 86, THIS PIPE IS ONE OF A GROUP OF PIPES "RECEIVED AT NAHA IN JUNE 1853 AND IN JULY 1854."
See Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 86 and 87
Record Last Modified
6 Dec 2018
Specimen Count
3
Accession Date
9 Mar 1859
Collection Date
June, 1853 Or July, 1854
Accession Number
199043
USNM Number
E39-0
Object Type
Pipe
Place
Naha, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Asia
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Anthropology
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8422055
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
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