International studio (24.1904/1905(1905))

Tobacco Pipes

curious pipes are found, as will be seen by
examining Fig. 5.
The centre three came from Paraguay. They
are made of wood; at the large end is a
conical hole, in which is inserted a roll of
tobacco leaves, at the other a small reed for a
mouthpiece. The sides are incised with designs
representing a large serpent, leopard, figures, and
other ornaments, the lines being filled with
white. These were used by Paraguay chiefs.
The two upright pipes are from the River
Maayali, Peru, and are quite plain and simple in
design.
Now, if we turn to Africa, we shall find that
pipes are made of nearly every possible material,
and are full of design. Take, for instance,
those shown in Fig. 6. They come from
Ashantee, and are all made of red clay, in various
forms, such as a leopard, with dots and incised
lin'es filled with white, a bird preening its feathers,
a j padlock, a copy of some European specimen

fig. 6.—PIPES

FIG. 7.—PIPES

ZAMBESI RIVER, EAST AFRICA

seen by a native, and two with globular bowls, the
usual form; these are also ornamented with incised
lines, and filled with white.
In Fig. 8 are represented a group from East
Central Africa, with wood
and earthenware bowls,
and gourd mouthpieces.
It will be seen from the
illustration that the main
point in pipe-making
among the natives of this
district is to be liberal as
regards the size of the bowl.
This is often larger than
in the great porcelain
pipes of Germany. These
are what are called Dinka
or Nile Valley pipes. The
bowl is generally of reddish
clay, worked on the out-
side into a kind of pattern,
like that of frosted glass,
the stem is of bamboo
and very thick, the junction
between the stem and the
bowl is made tolerably
air-tight by binding a piece
of raw hide round it, and
a long and narrow gourd
forms the mouthpiece. If
we go a little further south,
to the Zambesi River, we
find pipes made on the
hookah principle, with
stems, or rather mouth-
pieces, of horn; a reed
ashantee some five or six inches in

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