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Not currently on display at the V&A

Pipe

1800-1880 (made)

Metalwork, Middle East. Pipe in the form of twisting serpent, metal with wooden shell inlaid with silver, carnelian (?) and turquoise, possibly Ottoman Cyprus, 1800-1880

Object details

Object type
Brief description
Metalwork, Middle East. Pipe in the form of twisting serpent, metal with wooden shell inlaid with silver, carnelian (?) and turquoise, possibly Ottoman Cyprus, 1800-1880
Dimensions
  • Length: 12.7cm
  • Width: 5.5cm (Maximum point of knotted section)
Collection
Accession number
3-1883

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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