Maasai tribesman, Tanzania
The Bushman’s Bong
Another early example of the ‘Earth Pipe’ or ground bong of Africa. This one from a Hawaii traveler telling stories on a layover in 1898 with jokes!
Evening bulletin, Hawaiian newspaper, July 12, 1898
The power of the written word, story told in 1898 and this morning, 118 years later, I lost my coffee over this gem…
“A favorite method of smoking this dagga is by making two small holes in the ground at a short distance apart with a canal connecting the two, placing a quantity of the herb in one hole, water in the other, and then inhaling the smoke through the water. I once wakened a Bushman from his stupor by throwing a little gunpowder into his lighted dagga. Holes and Bushman disappeared.”
All I can think of is that poor little bushman from “The Gods Must be Crazy” movie quickly disappearing into the bushes…
