Bamboo Smoking Pipe
►Material Type – Bamboo wood
►Dimensions – Length-26.1 cm
►Description: Smoking Pipes are used by men, and sometimes women and children, in Papua New Guinea. The geometric designs reflect the tradition of tattoo designs on the body, and may have reflected regional identities of the communities which created them. Similarities: https://tinyurl.com/bdcrm5wk | https://tinyurl.com/27pbfea2
►Accession Numbers -E-986-24
►Provenance Information - ex. Kelowna Museum collection. Donated by Hilda Neufeld. Originates from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea
►Condition - The pipe is missing the thin funnel/tube, which would have been attached to the hole.
►Model created by Chehak Dua using Polycam for ANTH 2220 at Langara College in the Spring Semester of 2024.
►References:
Jessica Holmes, 2020, Langara College Museum Studies class paper | Jennifer Glennie, 2021, Langara College ANTH 2220: Museum Collections and Heritage class paper | Clarke, A., & Torrence, R. (2011). Archaeology and the collection: tracing material relationships in colonial Papua from 1875 to 1925. Journal of Australian Studies, 35(4), 433–448.