Museum number:
| APM 13.895 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| stylized head |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met figurale bekervorm ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel met glad steeleind. Ketel subtiel aangegeven mensenhoofd met slanke neus, lintvormige tatoeage onder de ogen. Filt omgaande band van drie rijen ingedrukte stippen. |
Date:
| Period | 1950 - 1980 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.02 in (2.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
| Weight | 25 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Bas-Congo (west) |
| Ethnicity | Banana (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1994 |
| Provenance | Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket, Michael Clements |
| Londen, antiekhandel, 1994 |
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