Museum number:
| APM 11.501 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| flat bottom, zigzag |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met trechtervorm ketel op vlakke onderzijde, oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketelbasis tussen twee concentrische ringen een band met verticale strepen. Steeleind twee ingesnoerde ringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1750 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.79 in (2 cm) |
| Weight | 41 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, antiekhandel, 1989 |
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