[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Huqqa mouthpiece # Huqqa mouthpiece Tobacco was introduced into India by the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century and the huqqa was a device that was commonly used to smoke it. The mouthpiece would have been used to draw tobacco smoke through a water bowl (the huqqa base) and into the mouth via a long, flexible tube. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1799 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-147-1922](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-147-1922) · Pramāṇa