[blue lander]

A Mongolian pipe and tobacco pouch.

The shank is wood, the stem is some sort of glass or ceramic. The ends of the wooden shank where they mate with the bowl and stem are wrapped in string to make an air tight connection. The string apparently has to be replaced every once in awhile.

The pipe is usually carried in the tobacco pouch itself with the stem sticking out of the top. I think the pouch itself was carried in the boot leg. Traditionally when you visited somebody's house you'd use your host's pipe and he'd use yours. You'd use your own tobacco though. I don't know what form the tobacco was in, it must be cut more finely than western tobacco or perhaps powdered.