Museum number:
| APM 13.871 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| portrait mask with headdress |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met buisvormige figurale ketel met verzwaarde filtrand, zonder hiel en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel onderhelft portretmasker met spatelvormige lippen, hoofdtooi van drie vlakke geometrische lofvormen die vanuit een verzwaarde filtband ontspringen. Steel onversierd. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 6.3 in (16 cm) |
| Width | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.31 in (13.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1994 |
| Provenance | Parijs, antiekmarkt Ile de Chatou |
| Bordeaux, particulier bezit, <1970-1994 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Kameroen, v.a. 2000. |
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