Picture Details
Sugar and tobacco for smoking
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC48185Origin:
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDonor / Date:
India Museum, c.1879Size:
W 25-47 mmDescription:
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This mixture of sugar and tobacco is for smoking in a hooka, an Indian pipe for smoking through water. Molasses and fruit were also added to the tobacco for smoking. This sample was once on display at the India Museum in London. The India Museum was formed by the East India Company in 1801 to display artefacts, natural history specimens and illustrations from the Indian subcontinent. The Museum was closed in 1879 and its collections dispersed among the London Museums and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
