Pipe (larrwa)
Production date
1982
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Description
Wooden smoking pipe, ochred red. Manufactured from a hollow tree limb, plugged at one end and with a small wooden cylinder inserted at right angles to the main smoking tube.
Classification
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pipe
Production date
1982
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Media/Materials description
Wood, bark, pigment/paint
History and use
Bamboo smoking pipes are found widely across New Guinea, the Torres Strait and North Queensland. Pipes from mainland Australia were often less decorated than the intricately decorated pipes from New Guinea and the Torres Strait.
This pipe is called Larrwa in Lardil language and was made on Kunhanha (Mornington Island. It was collected by Queensland Museum in 1982, purchased from the Gunumamanda Arts & Craft Shop. When collected, the museum recorded that pipes such as this were still being used in areas of Kunhanha.
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 pipe is called Larrwa in Lardil language and was made on Kunhanha (Mornington Island. It was collected by Queensland Museum in 1982, purchased from the Gunumamanda Arts & Craft Shop. When collected, the museum recorded that pipes such as this were still being used in areas of Kunhanha.
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
QE11057
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