Museum number:
| APM 15.468 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| German soldier with peaked cap |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van messing met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende insteeksteel. Ketel hoofd Duitse soldaat met pet met klep, eenvoudig modelé. Bijbehorende bronzen steel met houten tap en concentrische ringen aan begin, grote borgring halverwege en licht gebogen steeleind met wigvormige knoop. Draagkoordje. |
Date:
| Period | 1915 - 1935 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.46 in (8.8 cm) |
| Width | 2.09 in (5.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Length total | 10.43 in (26.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | brass (metal) |
| Technique | lost-wax process |
| Colour | bronze brown |
| Other materials | wood, rope (organic material) |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Bamileke |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, 1997 |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
| 's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, tentoonstelling "Uit verre landen, koffie, thee en andere koloniale waren", 5 juni 2015 - 13 september 2015. |
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