Studio: international art (33.1905)

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fig. 13.—pipes (In the British Museum) asiatic russia

curious interlaced ornament and knobs. The pricker is attached with a short chain. This is
knobs are in high relief, and in most cases a for cleaning out the bowl. These pipes from

Sumatra are also in the
British Museum collection.

And now, if we turn to
New Zealand, we shall see
one of the most extra-
ordinary of pipes (Fig. 15).
It is made of iron-wood.
Two figures are carved on
the basis 01 a real briar
structure, and terminate in
a spike, to be stuck into
the ground. The Maori,
in smoking this work of art,
would sit in a squatting
posture, and so enjoy
the fragrant weed. The
figures are carved to repre-
sent Moko tattooing on
the face and limbs, so the
whole pipe is thoroughly
characteristic. This speci-
men is in the British
Museum also.

The other two pipes
in Fig. 15 are from the
Solomon Islands. The
one is made from a shell
(Mitra episcopalis), the
other, similar in form, is of
stone, with short wooden
stem. There are several
other forms of artistic
fig. 14.—brass pipes (In the British Museum) Sumatra pipes to be found in

India and Persia, but
the space at my disposal
will not permit of my
describing them ade-
quately in the present
article.

I here beg to express
my thanks to Mr. Read
for kindly permitting
me to make a selection
from the pipes in the
Ethnographical Rooms
of the British Museum.
All the other illus-
trations accompanying
this article represent pipes
in the Horniman collec-
tion.

fig. 15.—pipes new zealand and solomon islands

(In the British Museum) RlCHARD QUICK.

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