Museum number:
| APM 11.490 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| tapered bowl opening, flat foot |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische ketel met tapse ketelopening en vlakke onderzijde, oplopende steel met vlakke bandvormige manchet. Ketel voorzijde ingekrast rechthoekig reliëf. Ketelbasis links lekgat. Bijbehorende steel van lichthout, het beginstuk bekleedt met zwart leer aan weerszijden afgesloten met banden gevlochten uit smalle leerbandjes in afwisselend rood en zwart vervlochten met wit. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.07 in (7.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Length total | 35.83 in (91 cm) | |
| Weight | 162 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red |
| Other materials | leather (animal material), wood |
| Finish | engobe, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Lobi (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, locale handel, 1990 |
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