Museum number:
| APM 10.610 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| high foot with two legs |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met brede bolle ketel op hoge voet met twee pootjes, oplopende steel en vierkante knoop. Ketel schuinse aansluitende raderingen afgewisseld met cirkelgaatjes en opgeplaatste bolletjes. Steel banden arceringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1800 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.26 in (3.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Weight | 19 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | spherical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown black |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Ashanti |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, locale handel, 1988 |
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