Chinese Long Plain Bamboo Incense Tube

Fine lengthwise streaks give this slim tube the look of woven grass.

This long plain bamboo incense tube is from China. Plain bamboo has a pale, smooth surface that darkens and takes on a gentle sheen with age and handling, and the natural joints give each tube its shape. Slender cylindrical case in streaked brown and tan, with fine parallel striations along its full length. Dark caps sit at both ends, with a thin ring near the top. The surface is smooth and satiny. It is 9.5 inches long and 0.7 in diameter.

Streaked, slim, and tailored to the inch.