Hookhi (Smoking pipe)

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India

Unlike commonly recorded hookhi with tanki made of brass, the tanki in this example was made of aluminium. The nehcha connecting the tanki and the chillum is most often made of wood while the nehcha connecting the tanki and the neh is made of metal.

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Title: Hookhi (Smoking pipe)
Location: Bhalsi, Panipat, Haryana
Type: Vastu (Object)
Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Rishav Jain, Ben Cartwright and Radha Devpura
Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
Medium: Earth (Terracotta), Metal (Aluminium, Copper & Steel), Wood
Wood Craft Technique: Turning
Region: Khadar
Metal Craft Technique: Casting, Bending, Fittings, Welding
Earth Craft Technique: Firing

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University

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