Museum number:
| APM 18.509 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| spiral band |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van ijzer met slanke hoge trechtervorm ketel, ronde onderzijde zonder hiel en rechte steel met glad steeleind. Filtrand van omgevouwen plaatmetaal. Steel bij ketel omwikkeld met een geplette spiraal met twaalf windingen. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.23 in (8.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 20.28 in (51.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | iron (metal) |
| Technique | forged |
| Colour | brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Ethnicity | Bobangi |
Acquisition
| Year | 2007 |
| Provenance | Tongeren, antiekmarkt |
| Kameroen, Graslanden, etnografische handel, 1946 |
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