Long Stem Tengri Meerschaum Pipe

This is a vintage Meerschaum pipe, hand-carved in Turkey. The massive piece was carved to depict Tengri, the Turkic God associated with various aspects of human existence and natural phenomena. The entire stem has been intricately carved as well, featuring a beautiful lattice pattern and floral motif. This Meerschaum piece is considered to be New Old stock. It's in great condition with no scratches or chips in the pipe. It has never been smoked, but due to its age and construction, it has gotten loose at one of the joints. This is very easy to fix with a piece of tissue paper as a shim or simply a drop of glue if desired.

A Meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral Sepiolite, also known as Meerschaum. Meerschaum (German for "sea foam") is oftentimes found floating on the Black Sea in Turkey and is rather suggestive of seafoam. You can also find Meerschaum in Tanzania and parts of Pennsylvania.

When smoked, meerschaum pipes gradually change color, and old meerschaum pipes will turn incremental shades of yellow, orange, red, and amber from the base up. When prepared for use as a pipe, the natural nodules are first scraped to remove the red earthy matrix, then dried, again scraped and polished with wax. The crudely shaped masses thus prepared are turned and carved, smoothed with glass paper, heated in wax or stearine, and finally polished with bone-ash.

Dimensions: 20.5" L x 1.75" W

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