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# Huqqa base

This base of a water pipe (huqqa) was made in India in the second half of the 18th century and belongs to a class of metalwares known as "bidri".

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1745–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-19-1980](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-19-1980) · Pramāṇa
