PIPE BOWL

Mediummetal

Dimensions2 1/8 × 2 × 2 in. (5.4 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)

Object number00.200.192

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionTYPICAL FLARING BOWL WITH SHORT RECTANGULAR PLATFORM, THE RIM WITH TRACES OF COPPER OR BRASS BINDING. BOWLS LIKE THE PRESENT EXAMPLE WERE TRADED FROM THE SIBERIAN SIDE OF THE BEHRING STRAIT AND WERE FREQUENTLY COMPOSED OF CAST LEAD OR OTHER BASE METAL. CONTINUOUS USE OF THESE CAUSED PREDICTABLE MALADIES AMONG THE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE FALLEN FROM THE ILL EFFECTS OF LEAD POISONING SOONER THAN TO THOSE OF NICOTINE.

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