Travel Bong, 1820

“I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.”

– Walt Whitman

 

01AYVDDR; Persian smoking a hookah on horseback, ca 1820. Artist: Orlowski (Orlovsky), Alexander Osipovich (1777-1832)

 

Persian smoking a hookah on horseback, ca 1820. Private Collection. Artist : Orlowski (Orlovsky), Alexander Osipovich (1777-1832). Travel hookah in action…

 

Travel Bong

Every smoker has that one piece you snag for a camping trip, road trip or hell just out the door…

In the Persian empire back in the day was no different…

This Persian travel hookah would have fit in front of the saddle, rolling into town puffing like royalty…

 

“This kind of water pipe was used on travels. It could fit in front of the saddle enabling the traveler to use it while riding.” Persian – private collection