Museum number:
| APM 15.776 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| standing German soldier with double head |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of bronze with figural bowl, flat round base and rising stem with thin stub ring. Bowl standing German soldier with double head, caps with flap, awards on the chest, the arms along the body. Leak hole in the pants behind. Original straight bronze stem with rings and locking eye. |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1925 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 7.6 in (19.3 cm) |
| Width | 3.11 in (7.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Length total | 15.75 in (40 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | brass (metal) |
| Technique | lost-wax process |
| Colour | brown black |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Douala, handelaar etnografie |
| Kameroen, Graslanden, 1999 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001. |
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