The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Indian tobacco pipe [ARK00079]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Location(s): Current location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: A long stemmed pipe, in three pieces with a cream coloured bowl of lightweight substance, possible ceramic, with elaborate designs both engraved and embossed of flowers and foliage. The stem is a long wooden tube that curves sharply back on itself and is entirely wrapped and bound with strips of dark brown plant material, similar to birch bark, which appears to be held by a layer of animal glue. "Item. An Indian tobacco pipe of leather to wind about one's arm, with a wooden pipe at the end of it, to be cleaned by washing it". The item could either be a Calumet, a pipe from North America carved out of pipestone and often called a "peace-pipe", or Chubuk/Chibouk/Chibouque, a Turkish Tobacco pipe with a long stem and clay bowl, usually red.] (approx early - mid 17th cent)