Zambia Philately: Clay Smoking Pipe Bowl

A smoking pipe is used to inhale the smoke of a burning substance; most common is a tobacco pipe, which can also accommodate almost any other substance. A bowl, when referred to in pipe smoking, is the part of a smoking pipe or bong that is used to hold tobacco, cannabis, or other substances.

In Zambia, pipe bowl are suggested to have been used to smoke tobacco, with tobacco and hot coals being placed into the bowl and smoked by men of the community.

Stamps and Postal Products

1970 Zambian Traditional Crafts – 5n Clay Smoking Pipe Bowl