M0018556: Two opium pipes, China

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Opium pipes, Chinese.

Photograph of two Chinese opium pipes. One is a hornstem pipe with plaited mouthpiece, with a copper bowl decorated with metal and inset stones. The other is cane stem pipe with ivory mouth piece. They were purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1925 and accessioned in 1926 (accession numbers R16824 and R16821). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

1961

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R16824 and R16821

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.