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Unusual Little Chinese Tree-Bark Smoking Pipe |
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Code: ga5244
Price: $6.99
Shipping Weight: 40.00 grammes
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This unusual little pipe measures 5-inches long with 5/8-inch opening at the end. Hand-crafed from wood & resin. Picture shows two pipes - price is PER pipe!
Two-hundred years ago Britain started selling the Chinese opium from British India to balance London trade deficit of Chinese tea and silks. China didnt like foreigners breaking their laws and causing widespread drug addiction. The destruction of 20,000 chests of opium in Guangzhou resulted, after British aggression, in Hong Kong becoming a crown colony
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