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A very Elegant Calcutta Hooker [hookah]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 21, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 40

Additional Source Text:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Aug 1809 reads: "A very elegant richly ornamented Bengal Hooker or Pipe for smoking through water; the tube is 20 feet long."