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# Huqqa base

This base of a huqqa (water pipe, or "hubble bubble") base is cast from a golden multiple metal alloy, and has traces of its original inlaid black lac (a natural resin) in the lower registers of the decoration.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1750–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-100-1898](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-100-1898) · Pramāṇa
