Tobacco pipe (zub)
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Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Description
Bamboo tube smoking pipe.
Classification
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pipe
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Measurements
L350 x W77
Media/Materials description
Bamboo
History and use
Bamboo smoking pipes are found widely across New Guinea, the Torres Strait and North Queensland. Pipes from the Torres Strait, such as this zub (Meriam Mir language) from Erub, were often engraved with motifs of canoes, boats, and sea and land creatures such as deger (dugong), tabo (snakes), and saibiri (crocodile). These engravings were often coloured by rubbing in ochre or the soot of cooking utensils. The Erubam Le and Meriam called tobacco lamlam which grew wild on the islands of Erub and Mer.
This zub was collected by P.G.H Guilletmot in 1911, who was Government Teacher on Erub at the time. The zub was sold to the Queensland Museum in 1913.
This item was most recently on display in the exhibition 'Connections across the Coral Sea: A story of movement' at Museum of Tropical Queensland (2021-2022) and Queensland Museum (2022-2023).
This zub was collected by P.G.H Guilletmot in 1911, who was Government Teacher on Erub at the time. The zub was sold to the Queensland Museum in 1913.
This item was most recently on display in the exhibition 'Connections across the Coral Sea: A story of movement' at Museum of Tropical Queensland (2021-2022) and Queensland Museum (2022-2023).
Registration number
QE4616
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