Title
Hookah parts
Year/Period
19th-early 20th centuries
Region
Iran
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 002: H13.0 x W6.2 cm
Accession No.
1999-02780
Collection of
This set of hookah parts consist of a mouth piece, pipe, a valve, a container and the body of the hookah. This set probably belonged to a Sufi (mystic), also known as darwish in Persian (from which we get the English term ‘dervish’). The Sufi in his quest to attain closeness with God, must undertake voluntary poverty and asceticism. For some sufis, smoking a hookah or water pipe was considered a form of intoxication that enabled them to reach an enlightened or spiritual state of mind.
