Unusual Small Brass Container

I found this small 4 inch long three piece solid brass container awhile back and have not been able to find anything quite like it. The bottom piece of the bulb can be unscrewed and so can the tip. The tip seems like it should be a cap, but there is no hole where whatever is inside could be dispensed, so I don't really see a point in it being removable. Any ideas?

 

Could be just a fun project made on a lathe, doesn't seem to have a particular function to me - just a quirky little stash box?

 

After working in the medical field the shape reminds me of this....... https://picclick.com/Vintage-Enema-Douche-By-113238598979.html

 

looks like it's missing a top screw on part...

 

Attach it to the matching quirky 1960s bong, using the screw-threads, and you'd never lose your (tiny) stash.
Seriously, I have no idea, but looks like it was made with some purpose in mind.

 

Bong.....did u say Bong ???

 

I was thinking the same thing. It does have screw threads where it looks like another piece was attached over the small cap.

 

Ha, That was one of the first things I looked at when researching was vintage drug paraphernalia, but couldn't find anything even remotely resembling this.

 

Thanks. Definitely possible that it's just a stash box. The thing that really throws me is the removable tip that doesn't seem to have a function. Seems like a lot of extra work to create the piece like that if the screw on rounded tip doesn't have a function.

 

oh, I'm sure it has a function, that we are as yet unaware of !!!

 

Possibly Indian ceremonial powder container.

 

Funny you mention that because one of the things that I found that looked the most similar was these 19th century Indian makeup containers used to hold kohl, which was a black powder that women used for darkening around the eyes. It is similar, but just doesn't quite fit.

 

Maybe a "mortar and pestle" type of thing where the top that screws off is used to grind or pulverize something normally stored in the bottom? And if there is something missing that formerly screwed onto the top, maybe that was used to measure the pulverized material from the bottom?

All hypothetical, just ideas.

 

I was thinking that was a possibility as well. It could definitely work as a small portable mortar and pestle. The inner bowl is smooth enough and the metal tip is rounded enough that this could work as a functional portable mini pulverizing tool for a herbalist or an illicit drug user. Thanks for the thoughtful response.