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:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width1.42 in (3.6 cm)
StemLength0.79 in (2 cm)
Weight41 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourred-brown
Finish gepolijst
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryGhana
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Ghana, antiekhandel, 1989

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