Museum number:

APM 11.488

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

flat base, concentric rings

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met hoge cilindrische ketel met ingesnoerde buik en verzwaarde toelopende filt op vlakke onderzijde, oplopende steel met vlakke bandvormige manchet. Ketel drie concentrische ringen. Steeleind met leer bekleed.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1950


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.52 in (6.4 cm)
Width1.3 in (3.3 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Weight74 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourred
Finish gepolijst
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryGhana
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Ghana, locale handel, 1990

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