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Filename: 
MawM0064-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0064
Title: 
Large smoking pipe : bulbous bowl.
Subject: 
Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
Subject: 
Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
Subject: 
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject: 
Art--Mexico
Description: 
The large ceramic smoking pipe was used to smoke a variety of tobacco. The tobacco contained a higher concentration of nicotine and other substances. There is a possibility that the tobacco was combined with other drugs to give a hallucinogenic experience.
Materials: 
Ceramic: light orange clay, burnished.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 600 and 1521
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Pipe
Dimensions: 
3 in high x 2 11/16 in wide x 11 1/4 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Michoacán, Mexico
Rights: 
Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Culture: 
Michoacán
Period: 
Protoclassic