Subject: ali'i chief
Culture: Hawaiian
Setting: unification of Hawaii, 1795-1810
Object: pipe
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography > Pacific Islands Hall
"Tabacco [SIC] pipe wood, brass Hawaiian Islands
Pipes were generally carved of wood. Chiefs' pipes tended to be oversized. It was the custom to take a few whiffs of the pipe, then pass it to the next person."
