A long solid silver opium pipe of Burmese origin along with a set of bronze Toe Myin opium weights, a scale with wooden case and a small spoon. The pipe has a handmade tribal filigree design and it comes in two parts joined by an internal wooden tube; the pipe is 42.5cm (16.73") in length and weighs 165 grams. The Toe Myin weights weigh 330, 166, 83, 32 & 15 grams respectively, the largest being 6cm in height and the smallest 2cm. The scales come in a hand carved wooden case - loss to the internal rim on one side, and a small spoon.
 
The bronze weights were used in everyday transactions where items were traded by weight, including food and precious commodities such as gold, silver, rubies, coral, pearls, spices, camphor, musk, and costly medicines by the mountain tribes of the Golden Triangle (Burma, Laos and Thailand). The weights were produced in a range of different designs, primarily based on animals or creatures from local religion and mythology, the animal represented here is the Toe, a mythical feline beast which inhabits the Himalayan forest. The Toe is a stylised combination of the parts of four animals: the Asian lion (head and torso), the bull or East Asian muntjac (horns), the ancient Yunnanese horse (tail and hooves). The earliest ones found date to the 17th and 18th centuries. 
 
The date of production is unknown, items such as these have been made for many hundreds of years but estimated to be from the 19th century, but possibly much older.