Museum number:
| APM 15.525 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| face with chubby cheeks, spiders |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware as a gift item of status object with large figural bowl, underside a leak hole and ascending stem without cuff. Bowl front a human face with round cheeks and discreet mouth hidden between bulbous cheeks, head tucked with spiders in high relief. Connection belt between bowl opening and stem end. Stem twice with two nodules. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1945 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 17.32 in (44 cm) |
| Width | 11.22 in (28.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 12.2 in (31 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Bamum |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Tikar, Ndam Njoya Adamou |
| Kameroen, Douala, antiekhandel, 1999 |
Comments
| Patina van roet is veroorzaakt door het liggen op de zolder van een hut met stookplaats. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001. |
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