Dr. Slop being introduced to Tristram Shandy's father, who is smoking with a friend in his parlour. Stipple engraving by W. Haines, 1809, after L. Sterne.

Pipe bag; Lakota; ca. 1870-1880 \nHide, glass beads, porcupine quills, pigments; l. 40 cm. (incl. fringe); w. 13 cm.\nRMV 3158-9; purchased from art dealer Leendert Van Lier, Amste...

Tobacco, smoking, ritual, pipes, tobacco bags Tobacco was a stimulant used by the indigenous people in large parts of North, Central and South America as a sedative, medicine again...