Personal items

Number of Cases

250

The collection consists of smoking accessories: pipes, čibuk (Ottoman long pipe), cigarette lighters, tobacco boxes, water pipes, tobacco pouches, ashtrays, etc.

Most of the items are richly decorated. Many of them depict various symbols, coats of arms, mythological figures, animals and birds, famous people, panoramas and landscapes. In the 19th century, it was rare to see a man without a smoking accessory. While women adorned themselves with jewelry, a man could not imagine himself without a weapon, a watch and a pipe. It was part of everyday clothing and jewelry that men often inherited from their fathers and grandfathers.

The collection consists of 250 items.

he curator in charge of the collection is Jelena Vuletić, museum advisor: jelena.vuletic@etnografskimuzej.rs

Pipe

Inv. No. 6318

Čibuk – Ottoman long pipe

Inv. No. 9177

Vintage cigarette holder

Inv. No. 9200

Cigarette case

Inv. No. 9446

Pipe

Inv. No. 9705

Pipe

Inv. No. 9708

Vintage cigarette holder

Inv. No. 10440

Fire steel

Inv. No. 10442

Water pipe - narghile

Inv. No. 10485

Tobacco pouch

Inv. No. 10493

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Pipe

Inv. No. 6318

A pipe made of sea foam (a type of stone), horn, metal, and cherry wood. These types of pipes were used for smoking tobacco in Vojvodina, Croatia, and Slovenia, and were made in Subotica, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.

Bela Crkva, Banat, Serbia
20th century, first half

Čibuk – Ottoman long pipe

Inv. No. 9177

Čibuk (a type of pipe for smoking tobacco - cigarette) made from buffalo and cow horn, in black, brown, and light colors.

Priština, Kosovo, Serbia
20th century, first half

Vintage cigarette holder

Inv. No. 9200

Made of silver and amber. A product of the Niš silversmith Dine Jovanović, created for the exhibition at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris.

Niš, southern Serbia
Late 19th and early 20th century

Cigarette case

Inv. No. 9446

A case made of maple wood. Handcrafted and carved. It was used for holding cigarettes.

Belgrade, Serbia
Early 20th century

Pipe

Inv. No. 9705

A tobacco smoking pipe made of maple wood. The exhibited example, along with similar pipes, was crafted by master Matija Popović from Temska for the entire village.

Temska, Pirot, Southeast Serbia
Early 20th century

Pipe

Inv. No. 9708

A tobacco smoking pipe made of sea foam (a type of stone) and cherry wood. The exhibited item features an engraved depiction of a wolf.

Lazarevac, vicinity of Belgrade, Serbia
First half of the 20th century

Vintage cigarette holder

Inv. No. 10440

A cigarette holder made of silver, primarily used by women. The exhibited item was crafted by Dika - Konstantin Jovanović for the 1900 World's Fair in Paris.

Leskovac, Southern Serbia
End of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century

Fire steel

Inv. No. 10442

A fire steel used to create sparks by striking against a stone. It is made of steel.

Belgrade, Serbia
19th century

Water pipe - narghile

Inv. No. 10485

Smoking accessories made from glass, metal, leather, bone, and textiles.

Prizren, Metohija, Serbia
Late 19th and early 20th century

Tobacco pouch

Inv. No. 10493

It is made from a pig's bladder. In such pouches, tobacco was stored in many parts of the Balkans. People believed that the tobacco would last longer and acquire a very pleasant aroma when kept in them.

Bajina Bašta, Southwestern Serbia
Second half of the 19th century