Museum number:
| APM 11.477 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| trunk shape, three tattooed masks |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met hoge stamvormige figurale ketel met verzwaarde bovenrand, vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel met vlakke manchetband. Ketel drie portretmaskers, allen met een tatoeage van evenwijdige lijnen versierd. Stam ingekraste geometrische decoratie. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.45 in (11.3 cm) |
| Width | 2.32 in (5.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Weight | 305 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed, smothered |
| Colour | red |
| Oher techniques | black smothered |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Gurunsi (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, locale handel, 1990 |
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