Museum number:
| APM 18.498 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| geometric lines |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van messing met vormeloze trechtervormige ketel, lensvormige onderzijde en oplopende steel met smalle hoekige manchet. Filt verzwaard met een hoekige band. Ketel rondom gegraveerd baan met eenvoudige ingesneden elkaar kruisende geometrische lijnen. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.13 in (5.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 154 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | brass (metal) |
| Technique | cast metal |
| Colour | bronze green |
| Finish | gegraveerd |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, antiekhandel, 1996 |
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