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Ceramic - tobacco pipe bowl
Reg. No: LL 067826
- Summary:
- Ceramic pipe bowl moulded with a face, excavated during the Little Lon season, 1988.
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:
- Two tobacco pipe bowls. 1 x thistle pattern on one side, ship on the other. 1 x face with a possible crown. Both made with a mould. Stems broken off.
| Discipline: | Archaeology - Historical |
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| Themes this item is part of: | Little Lon Collection |
| Primary Classification: | HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Secondary Classification: | (To Be Classified) |
| Tertiary Classification: | (to be classified) |
| Activity: | Domestic |
| Trench Unit Number: | 01/49/69 |
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