International studio (24.1904/1905(1905))

Tobacco Pipes

length, on which is fixed
a bowl, sometimes of stone,
earthenware, or wood.
Those in the illustration
(Fig. 7) are made of the
Situtunga antelope’s horn,
which is elegant and spiral.
The stem is fastened in a
hole about half-way down ;
the reed, which has already
been attached to the bowl,
is thrust into it, the junc-
tion, of course, being made
air-tight The horn is nearly
filled with water. The bowls
in the above specimens are
made of wood. They are
used for smoking the wild
hemp (Cannabis Indica).
The second pipe has a
curious board in front ol
the bowl, and presents
somewhat the appearance
of a carpenter’s plane.


fig. 9.—PIPES

SOUTH AFRICA


Round pipes of a gourd-
shape with red clay bowls
are also used very largely
in the Zambesi River dis-
trict of East Africa.
If we go to South Africa
we find the Kaffirs making
pipes (see Fig. 9) with
carved serpentine bowls
of green and white and
mottled-brown colours.
The bowls of some show
a decidedly European influ-
ence ; in fact, they very
much resemble the Dutch
wood pipes, which, no
doubt, was their original
model. The natives set
a great value on this
kind of pipe.
Now let us turn to Asia,
where pipes are found made
of all kinds of material,
and in a great variety
of forms. In China,
where, it is said, there are
three hundred millions of
smokers, pipes are made
in immense numbers.

fig. 8.—PIPES
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EAST CENTRAL AFRICA