One Last Session, 1860
‘Group of Turks in Scutari Cemetery’ smoke a waterpipe (possibly Dervish), by James Robertson. Constantinople, Turkey 1860
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Persian Dervish, Undated
‘A Persian dervish smoking a pipe’, unknown artist from Persia, Undated (pre1900) Ink drawing held by the British Museum in London
Pipe Shop, 19th century
‘Tobacco and Pipe Shop’ (Marchand de Tumbeki à des Narghilehs), photographed by Pascal Sebah. Cairo, Egypt 1860-1880
The Charming Smoke Room, 1690
‘La Charmante Tabagie’ (The Charming Smoke Room), engraving by Nicolas Armoult from ‘Recueil de modes : Tome 3 : quatre-vingt-dix-huit planches’ 1690
Water Pipe Yak, 1775
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) made from a Yak’s Horn with decorative iron & brass mounts. Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan (modern day Pakistan) made between 1775-1800
Desert Smoke, 1965
‘Afghan man sitting outside his house enjoying a smoke from his waterpipe’, the desert near Herat in west Afghanistan 1965
A Hindu Nautch, pre1910
‘A Hindu Nautch’ Postcard. Two Nautch women smoking hookah. Calcutta, India pre1910 A hand painted version this time labeled ‘A Hindu Lady’
Smoking in Saigon, 1971
‘American GI’s smoke marijuana at an off-base apartment in Saigon’, Vietnam 1971
Sweet Idleness, 1908
‘Dolce far niente’ / Sweet Idleness, postcard of a Baluba Man smoking from a water pipe. Belgian Congo, Africa around 1908
Pasha and his Harem, 1880
‘The Pasha and his Harem’ Port Said, Egypt 1880