Museum number:
| APM 11.401 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| weighted foot, collar |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met plompe cilindrische ketel met verzwaarde voet en kraag rond de ketelopening met negen aangeknede punten, oplopende steel met smalle manchetband. Ketel en steel versierd met ingedrukte streepjeslijnen. |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) |
| Width | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Weight | 157 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray brown |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Gurunsi (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Gert Lambregts, Rarekiek |
| Kumasi, S. Fofane, 1989 |
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