Featured help with clay pipe

.........found this odd thing on my travels today (H/C5)

.........haven't the foggiest

.........if you told me it was old or young i'd be equally surprised

.........like the look of it though and seems pretty convincing for age/wear

any info appreciated

 

theres something about the look of the face that i don't like(for authenticity/age)

i've blazed many a pipe in my time, but i'll put off trying this one

might turn into a hawk or sommit

 

looks like a Mexican or Central American tourist souvenir ..... vintage maybe..

 

interesting, ya reckon it been made to look old then bud ?

suppose the clay colour is that orangey/light brown looking one, and must be painted as well i suppose

 

Happy looking little guy.

 

think if i had to pick a drug by expression.......dunno....but he looks to have had something (off his tts)

 

blackened inside from burning something, but could have been used and still a repro whatever

 

yup, or made in an old way... but not that old !

 

.......now....which one used it.......bet its either cheech or perhaps chong

 

I googled 'drugs they smoked in meso-America' and, despite the obvious answer 'tobacco,' I found that the Maya also...

"Ritual enemas and other psychoactive substances were also used to induce states of trance."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21893367/

 

what is very apparent is other cultures (need and extent) to get mashed up

" i know.....try that bright coloured frog instead in it "

my Ai was all over this pipe (and she's usually a right little b.i.t.c.h)

so perhaps Ai's found some way of getting mashed up as well ?

 

suppose could be also be one of those museum replica types ?

my kind of reproductions them fellas

 

An older souvenir from Peru. The face is inspired by the faces on pre-conquest Moche stirrup vessels from the Peruvian north coast.

A fun piece, not too badly made. And it looks like someone in the UK made good use of it, with whatever they were smoking.

 

Like this one:


https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/moche-portrait-head-vessels

More in the link.

 

These were not sold in museums, they were sold by hawkers on the streets of Peru and near archaeological sites.

 

Brilliant info, thank you Mrs(yep, still being scottish)...................

that makes total sense

i guess a bit of aging has muddied the water with it

that face was a sign i guess (that bulbous nose)

also if VERY old i think we'd see teethidge (teeth marks)

anyone whos ever used a pipe knows theres a time when one hands searching for the light, and the other hands scratching ones bottom

nothing to do with me Mrs (rumbled)