Museum number:
| APM 15.196 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| sitting monkey with hands on the cheeks |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel zittende aap met geaccentueerde wenkbrauwen, de handen op de wangen bij de mond. Ketel bovenzijde verticale cannelering. Steel geruwd en afgesloten met acht ingesnoerde ringen. Stukje stof in het lekgat. Oorspronkelijke gladde houten steel. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 6.1 in (15.5 cm) |
| Width | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.92 in (12.5 cm) |
| Length total | 19.29 in (49 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray black |
| Other materials | wood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1998 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Wum, 1998 |
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