Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pipe: bearded head w/turban
Object Number:
INV.8497
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 6 x 1 1/8 in. ( 4.4 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on stem: "L. Fiolet/a St. Omar/FRANCE"
typed: paper label affixed to inside of bowl: "1933/Fr"
Description:
White ceramic pipe with bowl molded to look like head of a bearded man wearing a turban; beard and turban painted with white enamel, lips and rim of bowl painted with pink enamel; eyes and eyebrows painted with black and white enamel; straight tapering stem.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
