Huqqa
19th century (made)
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Light brown base with mustard colored floral designs. A 'huqqa' is a smoking device that consists of a small container with smoking leaves mounted on a base(as shown here) filled with water which is provided with a long tube and arranged so that smoke is drawn through the water where it is cooled and up the tube to the mouth.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Earthenware huqqa, Bombay School of Art, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Light brown base with mustard colored floral designs. A 'huqqa' is a smoking device that consists of a small container with smoking leaves mounted on a base(as shown here) filled with water which is provided with a long tube and arranged so that smoke is drawn through the water where it is cooled and up the tube to the mouth. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the Indian Museum, London, to the South Kensington Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Room 8. Case 29.] ' 01,639. HOOKAH BOWL. Yellow and brown, glazed; Sind. 556 H. M. C.' |
| Production | Bombay School of Art |
| Other number | HMC.556 - H.M.C. Loan no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 01639(IS) |
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| Record created | March 17, 2003 |
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