Context (Related Documents)
Card Catalogue reads, 'Formerly owned by F. Wooton-Isaacson, Esq. Given to the Museum by Violet, Lady Beaumont.'
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to the side of the pipe with a serrated edge reads: 'Opium Pipe. H. Kong 1884'.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Frederick Wootton-Isaacson in Hong Kong in 1884.
Event Date 1884
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card handwritten in blue ink reads, 'Bamboo opium pipe with metal fittings and china bowl.'
Event Date 1948
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bamboo opium pipe, with metal fittings and china bowl [not present]. The stem is made from a long section of bamboo, which has been stained brown, the mouthpiece is made from ivory, and the stem is decorated with a woven cane ring and metal fittings.
Event Date 2/9/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Opium pipe. Pipe stem of bamboo stained in dark colour, with a mouthpiece of wood of possibly wood or bamboo. Endpiece not present. Stem dented for fitting the saddle, which is not present. One plaited ratten loop loosely attached on the stem.
Pipe bowl not present.
Event Date 2/4/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu