Museum number:

APM 15.215

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometric decoration

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische ketel op vlakke voet en oplopende steel. Ketel rondom vier staande rechthoeken met arceringen afgewisseld met gearceerde ovaalvormen. Voet vierkant met knobbels. Steel concentrische ringen.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.57 in (4 cm)
Width1.5 in (3.8 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Weight51 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
CountryGhana
EthnicityAshanti
Acquisition
Year 1998
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Ghana, Ashantistreek, 1998

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