Museum number:
| APM 11.495 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| flattened bowl on foot |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met afgeplatte buikige ketel op rechthoekige aan de onderzijde uitgeholde voet met twee benedenwaartse punten en oplopende steel met vierkante manchet. Ketel geruwde vlakken tussen banden. |
Date:
| Period | 1800 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.3 in (3.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 19 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | geometric |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | light brown |
| Finish | engobe |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Ashanti |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, locale handel, 1990 |
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