The German Father Ignaz Pfefferkorn, who worked as a Jesuit missionary in 
Sonora in the mid-18th century, had this to say ["Sonora: A Description of 
the Province," Tucson, The University of Arizona Press, 1989, p. 178]:

"Snuff-taking is not so common in New Spain as is smoking.  The Spaniards 
smoke so immoderately that some, when they awaken during the night, 
immediately have the desire to smoke.  Men and women of all kinds and 
classes, even children of 10 and 12 years, smoke tobacco.  They do not use 
pipes for this but a piece of paper an inch wide and a finger long which is 
filled with crumpled tobacco and rolled up.  Such American pipes are often 
called 'cigarros.'  In like manner, Spaniards use whole tobacco leaves, 
rolled up without paper.  These are called 'puros.'  In towns and villages 
both kinds are sold by the shopkeepers.  Everyone aways carried with him the 
makings for a smoke, namely, cut tobacco, or finished cigarros, flint and 
steel, and instead of a tinder a wick made of cotton bound with twine.  The 
wick catches fire easily.
    "The rabble carry their tobacco, cigarros and puros, in paper or tin 
boxes.  The richer people have boxes which are delicately decorated with 
gold and silver, sometimes set with brilliants.  Some women carry these 
boxes fastened to their dresses in the same way that gold watches are 
carried in Germany.  If one visits among the gentle-folk he is first served 
chocolate, then is offered a tray of cigarros which is accompanied always by 
a little dish of coals for lighting them.  The little dish is often made of 
silver.  It is a special honor if a woman lights a cigarro with her own 
hand, touches the end of it to her lips, and takes the first puff, and 
thereafter hands it to a guest.  It was considered impolite if one refused 
this honor."

Bunny Fontana

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From: "Elizabeth Newman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: catalan pipes


At the Hacienda San Miguel Acocotla in Puebla, Mexico, we excavated 19th 
century contexts and didn't find a single pipe fragment among our 87,142 
artifacts! But perhaps this dates to later than the period that interests 
you? Still, if you would like to see what our artifact assemblage looked 
like, email me at off list at the address below, and I'll send along a PDF 
copy of our informe in Spanish, or something in English if you would prefer.

Best,
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Terese Newman, PhD
Lecturer, Anthropology
State University of New York
Stony Brook Southampton
252 Chancellor's Hall, 239 Montauk Highway
Southampton, NY 11968
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From: odlanyer hernandez <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 4:33:40 PM
Subject: Re: catalan pipes

I appreciate the references that have sent me, but remember that since Cuba 
is extremely difficult to access these publications. Paul, thanks for the 
link to PDF! Pipes I see there are not like these. I think it's possible 
that what Marie Pokrant mentions of Kaolin pipes could be what I seek, 
although the chronology does not correspond.

A new link to the image:
http://www.cubaarqueologica.org/html/1a.htm


Odlanyer Hernández de Lara
www.cubaarqueologica.org




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De: paul courtney <[log in to unmask]>
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Enviado: viernes, 10 de julio, 2009 16:43:05
Asunto: catalan pipes

I couldn't open the jpeg. However, there has been a recent publication on 
pipes from Marseille which had strong trading connections- I think in the 
Archaeology of the Clay Pipe series in British Archaeological Reports edited 
by Peter Davey.