Museum number:
| APM 14.664 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| snake, hatching |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met bolle ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel met conische manchet. Ketel kruislings gearceerd met in reliëf op de onderzijde voor een slang. Steel bij manchet twee ingesnoerde concentrische lijnen. Ketel en steel zwarte verf. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.61 in (4.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 48 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | spherical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray black |
| Finish | verf, zwart |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kwango Province (south-west) |
| Ethnicity | Hungana |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis de Nieuwe Zon, lot 3907 |
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