Museum number:

APM 14.997

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometric decoration with cowrie

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel ingekrast geometrisch vak waarin twee kruizen van gestileerde kauri op geruwd veld, omlijst door halve kauri. Ketelbasis band met vier langgerekte lussen. Steel baan geruwd. Oorspronkelijk recht houten roer.

Date:

Period 1930 - 1950


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.7 in (9.4 cm)
Width1.61 in (4.1 cm)
StemLength2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Length total13.98 in (35.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourbrown black
Other materialswood
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryCameroon
Region nationalGrasslands
EthnicityBamum
Acquisition
Year 1997
Provenance Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé
Kameroen, Bamum, 1997

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