2004.39.2

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1978
10.25 in HIGH x 12 in WIDE x 5.5 in DEEP
(26.03 cm HIGH x 30.48 cm WIDE x 13.97 cm DEEP)
Gift of Ly Kien Truc
2004.39.2

"What's Going On? California and the Vietnam Era" Exhibition at the Great Hall, August 28, 2004-February 28, 2005.





Water pipe made of bamboo. In Vietnamese it is called " Dieu Cay Thuoc Lao." It consists of a bambu section, painted black, with a hole for the bowl, which is a loose piece of bamboo. It rests at an angle on two feet, made of a thinner section of bambu, cut and bent around the body. It has a metal chain attached, with a pin for packing the pipe. The pipe was made by the donor while he was in re-education camp in South Vietnam, in 1978. There were no papers for cigarettes, so he made the pipe. He smoked dried leaves, not tobacco.

Used: smoking | Prisoner | Vietnam

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