Description (Labels & Markings)
Label attached to gourd with string: 'Water tobacco-pipe, used in houses or by groups of men in he open; bought at Soddu, Wollamo Province, Ethiopia, Nov. 1948 / Hugh Scott'
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Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label attached to stem with string: 'Bamboo stem and mouthpiece of water tobacco-pipe from Soddu, Wollamo'
A partial address on reverse: 'to 3 Beechwood [?] / Kew, Su[rrey]'
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Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Donated by Dr Hugh Scott, FRS.
Bought at Soddu, November 1948.

Event Date 1948
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Water pipe, with thick black pottery bowl with incised cross-hatching outside, gourd water container connected to bowl by a wooden plug, stand made of strip of hide for the water-gourd and bamboo stem. Used in houses or by groups of men in the open. Specimen of tobacco goes with it.'
Event Date 1961
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Gourd with wooden stopper tied to bark stand with hide strap, two bamboo stems, black pottery bowl and also a sample of tobacco found.
Event Date 2/6/2003
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Other)
The rear of the label attached to the mouthpiece (1961.5.4) and the envelope containing the tobacco sample (1961.5.5) indicate a previous interaction with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Hugh Scott is known to have donated botanical samples to Kew, being mentioned as a donor in 'Review of the Work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, during 1953. Kew Bulletin, 1954, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1954), pp. 1-26'. The water tobacco pipe and sample 1961.5.1-5 may have been initially offered to Kew, but not accessioned by them, before being sent on to the Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. Kew Gardens has therefore been removed from the Source field.
Event Date 22/2/2022
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Water pipe consisting a bowl, water chamber, stem and mouthpiece. Bowl of black pottery decorated with incised hatching; gourd water chamber with wooden downstem inserted into the neck and with a hole drilled in the body; stem and mouthpiece made from two lengths of cane, the stem reduced in diameter at one end to fit into the hole in the water chamber; gourd on a ring stand of possible bark, attached with a several strips of hide.
Event Date 22/2/2022
Author: Katrina Dring