Pipe for smoking hashish, Islamic art, Arabic, stimulants, narcotics, smoking accessory. The stem is slightly curved and thin, ending with a flattened amber, mouthpiece. The short silver pipe may have been used for smoking hashish; a lump of compressed substance was placed in the recess at the end. The mouthpiece is amber, and the main part is decorated with filigree—ornaments made from thin wires joined into intricate patterns. 1st half of the 20th century, Yemen; pipe; height 12.5 cm, width 1.7 cm., A vertical object with a round ornate top in a silver-gray metal showing filigree and curved decorative elements, a long slightly curved silver-gray shaft with textured decorative bands and a small protruding peg, and a cylindrical handle in a translucent amber-orange color capped with a silver-gray ornate collar; the background is a uniform light gray.
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Pipe for smoking hashish, Islamic art, Arabic, stimulants, narcotics, smoking accessory. The stem is slightly curved and thin, ending with a flattened amber, mouthpiece. The short silver pipe may have been used for smoking hashish; a lump of compressed substance was placed in the recess at the end. The mouthpiece is amber, and the main part is decorated with filigree—ornaments made from thin wires joined into intricate patterns. 1st half of the 20th century, Yemen; pipe; height 12.5 cm, width 1.7 cm., A vertical object with a round ornate top in a silver-gray metal showing filigree and curved decorative elements, a long slightly curved silver-gray shaft with textured decorative bands and a small protruding peg, and a cylindrical handle in a translucent amber-orange color capped with a silver-gray ornate collar; the background is a uniform light gray.

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Pipe smoking hashish Islamic art Arabic stimulants narcotics smoking accessory stem slightly curved thin ending flattened amber mouthpiece short silver pipe lump compressed substance was placed recess amber main part decorated filigree ornaments thin wires joined intricate patterns 1st half 20th century Yemen pipe height 12.5 cm width 1.7 cm vertical object round ornate top silver-gray metal showing curved decorative elements long slightly curved silver-gray shaft textured decorative bands small protruding peg cylindrical handle translucent amber-orange color capped silver-gray collar background uniform light gray.

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