Museum number:
| APM 11.167 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| cylindrical base, band bowl opening |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met bolovale ketel op lage cilindrische voet met vlakke onderzijde en met verzwaarde ketelband, korte oplopende steel met bandvormige manchet. Ketel ingekraste versiering van overlangse lijnen met ertussen stippellijnen. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.48 in (6.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) |
| Weight | 93 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | heavy oval |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray brown |
| Finish | vernis, rood |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Lobi (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, antiekhandel, 1989 |
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