Water Pipe Yak, 1775

Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) made from a Yak’s Horn with decorative iron & brass mounts.    Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan (modern day Pakistan) made between 1775-1800    

Cafe in Constantinople, 1847

‘Café in Constantinople’ by Alexandre Bida 1847   “This precise and carefully finished work reflects an unusual technique. Building up the entire area with ink and graphite over white chalk, Bida used a stylus to scratch a comprehensive network of Read More …

Haschisch Jugend, 1901

‘Haschisch’ by Alfred Zimmermann, printed in Jugend magazine.  Germany 1901      

Moorish Coffee House, 1899

‘Moorish Coffee House’, photochrome print.  Algiers 1899  

Crimean Smoke Break, 1855

British officers relax while smoking chibouk (Ottoman) smoking pipes during the Crimean War.  Crimea, 1855-1856    

French Foreign Legion Hash Pipe, 1943

“Metal hashish pipe wrapped in leather with a metal tong and reamer set that has been decorated with incised lines. Given to Lester B. McAllister by a French Foreign Legion officer in Tindouf, Algeria, in February, 1943.”