Museum number:

APM 15.155

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometric band with cowrie

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische ketel, verzwaarde ketelbasis met vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Gladde filtrand. Ketel omgaande band met ingekraste lijnen waarin gestileerde kauri in omlijsting. Verzwaarde voet verticale streepjes. Steeleind band met concentrische ringen.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1940


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.86 in (9.8 cm)
Width1.81 in (4.6 cm)
StemLength2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Weight187 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourred-brown
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryCameroon
Region nationalGrasslands
EthnicityTikar
Acquisition
Year 1998
Provenance Kameroen, handelaar etnografie
Kameroen, Tikar, 1998

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