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# Huqqa base

This huqqa, or ‘hubble-bubble’, has been cast from an alloy found only in India, in which zinc is combined with small amounts of lead, copper or tin.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1650–1700 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-27-1980](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-27-1980) · Pramāṇa
