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This item is on display at Melbourne Museum

Summary:: This tobacco pipe bowl and stem was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.

A pipeful of tobacco was long-lasting and its aroma disguised the stench of Melbourne's streets. The short clay pipe favoured by working men was called a 'cutty'. Being made of brittle clay, these pipes broke easily, explaining the abundance of fragments uncovered at Little Lon. Of the pipes excavated, many were decorated with slogans, patriotic symbols, even jokes and caricatures, hinting at the identities of those who smoked them.
Description:: Description for Parent record:
7 tobacco pipe bowls, 1 missing. 2 x plain bowls, 2 x scalloped bowls, 1 x impressed mark reads 'T.D', 1 x face impressed design, 1 x mark with 'T.W' impressed.

Discipline:	Archaeology - Historical
Dimensions:	40 mm (Height), 20 mm (Width), 60 mm (Length)

Themes this item is part of:	Little Lon, Little Lon Collection
On Display at:	Melbourne Museum
Primary Classification:	HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Activity:	Tobacco pipe
Trench Unit Number:	19/49/02