Asian opium pipe

An opium pipe is a pipe designed for the evaporation and inhalation of opium. True opium pipes allow for the drug to be vaporized while being heated over a special oil lamp known as an opium lamp.

It is thought that this manner of " smoking" opium began in the seventeenth century when a special pipe was developed that.

Sep 24, Eventually the Navy veteran found his way to Bangkok, Thailand, where he worked as a journalist and travel writer, covering Southeast Asia. There, he also discovered the beauty of antique opium pipes, bowls, and lamps, as well as opium trays and the hundreds of little implements that went with the ritual.

The earliest reference to opium growth and use is in 3, B.C. when the opium poppy was cultivated in lower Mesopotamia (Southwest Asia). In addition to the traditional pipe, opium smokers could also use a lamp for heating the opium as well as various tools to manipulate the gummy substance.

Scales and the. Asia: Southern Asia: India: Sikkim: Gangtok. Date collected. Measurements. 48 mm x 27 mm x mm; 1 7/8 in x 1 1/16 in x 24 in. Note. List of Curios No A Opium Pipe. Per Maharaja Kumar's Chinese Tutor on 24th March 50 or 60 years old. Jade of moderate quality at each end. 24 1/4" long. This pipe.