Cigar Case
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Publisher
National Anthropology Museum Madrid
Date
19th century
Identifier
CE2501
Origin
Pampango, Central Luzon, Philippines
Connection to Philippines
Pampango origin
Materials
brown bamboo
technique: carved
technique: carved
Physical Dimensions
height: 27cm
diameter: 11.30cm
diameter: 11.30cm
Provenance
Brought over for an exhibition on the Philippines, Mariana Islands, and Caroline Islands in Madrid in 1887.
Type: Smoking equipment
Type: Smoking equipment
Acquisition Date
1887
Short description
Tobacco box carved in bamboo with scenes of daily life. Tobacco was introduced to the Philippines by the Spanish in the seventeenth century and its consumption soon spread to the entire population, without distinction of age or sex, also being used as a medicinal resource against many diseases. It was not part of religious ceremonies, but it was an important social activity. It is smoked in cigars or in a pipe at any time of the day, it is also drunk, inhaled, sucked or chewed.
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photo by Miguel Angel Otero
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“Cigar Case,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed October 9, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/2536.
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