Museum number:
| APM 14.856 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| dotted rows |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische ketel, vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel met onopvallende manchet. Ketel ronde filtrand. Ketel voorzijde verticale baan van drie rijen ingedrukte stippen. Ketelbasis ingedrukte staande streepjes. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Weight | 87 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brownish red |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Gurunsi |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, antiekhandel, 1997 |
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