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Silver "straw"? - 7/28/2005 5:59:35 PM    Toxic_Waste   Posts: 60 Joined: 5/24/2005 Status: offline This item was handed down to my Italian grandmother from the belongings/collection of her elderly aunt, and I have had it for more than 30 years, never knowing what it was. The end of it has a chamber that opens up and has tiny holes in it like a tea infuser, and the length of it is a straw for sipping (I guess). The only time I have seen something like this was in National Geographic when some South American Indians were wearing miniature versions of something like this around their necks, while working in the coca leaf industry. I am supposing that a person would insert a concoction of tea leaves or perhaps coca leaves and then adding it to hot water for an infusion. It does not look like it's an opium pipe. Any help here? Attachment (1) < Message edited by Toxic_Waste -- 7/28/2005 6:01:19 PM > Post #: 1

RE: Silver "straw"? - 7/28/2005 9:11:23 PM    Toxic_Waste   Posts: 60 Joined: 5/24/2005 Status: offline I just realized I put this in the wrong forum, being that it isn't really a bottle. It IS a container, but it probably should have been in another forum. Sorry 'bout that. (in reply to Toxic_Waste) Post #: 2

RE: Silver "straw"? - 7/29/2005 3:08:55 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 728 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline You sure know how to come up with noggin scratchers, don't you? Your explanation sounds good to me. What is the writing on it near the top of the holes? (in reply to Toxic_Waste) Post #: 3

RE: Silver "straw"? - 7/29/2005 10:26:27 AM    Bluebelle   Posts: 181 Joined: 4/16/2004 Status: offline I believe it is a sipper for yerba mate', a South American herbal drink. Long ago had an acquaintance from Argentina and he had one, and they usually go with a bowl that the herb is prepared or steeped in, made from basically a gourd of some kind and often decorated ornately with silver. You can see a picture of a set at http://www.noborders.net/mate/ (in reply to Toxic_Waste) Post #: 4

RE: Silver "straw"? - 7/29/2005 1:40:38 PM    Toxic_Waste   Posts: 60 Joined: 5/24/2005 Status: offline The words on the sipper are "Alpaca" (the type of silver) on one side, and the other says something like "Industria Argentina" (letters are kind of garbled). Looks like this object is, indeed, what they call a "bombilla" from Argentina. Thanks, Bluebelle and KentOhio, for the interest and the clue. Now I finally know what it is after all this time! (in reply to Toxic_Waste) Post #: 5

RE: Silver "straw"? - 9/21/2005 8:07:52 AM    tristian bottle   Posts: 142 Joined: 5/31/2005 Status: offline could be a wistel (in reply to Toxic_Waste) Post #: 6

RE: Silver "straw"? - 9/21/2005 7:39:59 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline Right on the mark, Bluebelle _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to Toxic_Waste) Post #: 7

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