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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AuDragon, post: 412045, member: 6974&quot;]Hi Everyone,</p><p>Discovered these two items in my local secondhand store yesterday for AUD$20, which I thought was value. They look vaguely like smoking implements, but unlike anything I have seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The long pipe is about 250mm (10 inches) and 1 cm thick. The other about 150mm (6 inches) and the bowl is about 30mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>The long pipe has a hole right through the stem, but not straight. It appears to be made of cherry wood. The top is bone and the hook is also bone with a top edge and screw-fitting. Neither fit together well. The other end has a cork wrap but looks new and badly fitted. The bone hook does not appear designed to hold opium.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other item is made of tin and is designed to carry something inside. A liquid? The spout appears blocked and the item has been pushed into the longer piece of bamboo I think to make it easier to hold. The items may not be related, although they were in the same box of bits and pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think opium pipe/paraphernalia but have never seen anything like this as there is no bowl on the pipe. I would have considered a Japanese kiseru but even that isn&#039;t quite right as again there is no bowl for tobacco.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a slight smell from the pipe, but I cannot see any scorching or staining down the pipe stem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ideas? Suggestions? Thoughts? I leave it to the wisdom and experience of members. Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]143565[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143566[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143567[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143568[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143569[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143570[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143571[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143572[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143573[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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