Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1961

Date Range To

1962

Materials

WOOD, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

13

Diameter

4.9

Description

CARVED MINIATURE WOOD "HUBBLE-BUBBLE" OR OPIUM WATER PIPE WITH INLAID BRASS PIECES PAINTED GILT OR GOLD. PROBABLY HANDMADE. WOOD, BRASS, GOLD, COTTOM, BROWN STAINED. LID AND BRASS CLASP ARE HELD TO PIPE BY A DARK COLOURED CORD. ON BOTTOM IS WRITTEM IN MARKER "9-56". PIPE STEM HAS BEEN BROKEN AND GLUED BACK ON.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

PROBABLY ACQUIRED AS A SOUVENIR FROM YEAR SPENT IN PAKISTAN (1961-62), WHEN JOHNSTON SECONDED BY THE FOOD & AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. FROM JOHNSTON ESTATE. SEE P19890020001-GA FOR JOHNSTON HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PAIR OF EYEGLASSES DONATED BY MARJORIE POYNTON. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. MARJORIE POYNTON DONATED THESE ITEMS, WHICH BELONGED TO HER BROTHER ALEXANDER JOHNSTON. ALEXANDER WAS BORN IN WEBB, SK IN 1920 TO ALEXANDER AND MARY (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) JOHNSTON. HE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1941 TO WORK AT THE CANADA AGRICULTURE RESEARCH STATION AS A RANGE ECOLOGIST. HE EARNED B.S.A. AND M.S. DEGREES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN AND UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, RESPECTIVELY. HE WAS ALSO AWARDED AN HONOURY DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE FOR HIS WORK IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND HIS PURSUIT OF LOCAL HISTORY. HE RETIRED IN DECEMBER 1980 AND DEVOTED HIS RETIREMENT TO THE STUDY OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL HISTORY. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* THIS ARTIFACT WAS INCLUDED IN A 2018 COLLECTIONS AUDIT CONDUCTED BY ELISE PUNDYK. THE INITIAL HISTORY FOR THIS PIPE STATES IT WAS MOST LIKELY ACQUIRED DURING THE YEAR HE SPENT IN PAKISTAN. ACCORDING TO ALEXANDER JOHNSTON'S OBITUARY, HE UNDERTOOK FOREIGN ASSIGNMENTS IN WEST PAKISTAN FOR THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. HE WAS ALSO IN KENYA AND PAKISTAN FOR THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. JOHNSTON'S CURRICULUM VITAE, ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE, STATES HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE WEST PAKISTAN FOREST SERVICE. IT ALSO STATES THAT IN FEBRUARY 1979, HE WAS SECONDED TO CIDA AND, WITH DR. A. A. GUITARD AND K. E. BOWREN, VISITED PAKISTAN FOR FIVE WEEKS TO IDENTIFY ABOUT SIX PROJECTS WORTHY OF CANADIAN FOREIGN AID. HIS RELATED PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE: "GRASS COVER TYPES OF WEST PAKISTAN" FOR PAKISTAN J. FORESTRY (1963), "REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ON RANGE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN WEST PAKISTAN" (1962), "HANDBOOK OF RANGE RESEARCH FOR WEST PAKISTAN" FOR AGR. INFORMATION BUREAU, LAHORE (1962), "WEST PAKISTAN RANGE MANAGEMENT GUIDE" AGR. INFORMATION BUREAU, LAHORE (1962), AND "RANGE MANAGEMENT IN WEST PAKISTAN" FOR CAN. CATTLEMAN (1963). ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY, JOHNSTON PASSED AWAY IN 1989. FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING FULL C.V. AND HERALD HARD COPIES, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19890020016

Acquisition Date

1989-05

Collection

Museum

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