Museum number:
| APM 19.477 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| stylized buffalo carries bowl-shaped kettle |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met komvormige ketel met ingesnoerde bovenrand geplaatst op een gestileerde waterbuffel met kromme horens, onder de ketel twee pootjes, opgaande gebogen steel verwijdend tot manchet. Ketel onderhelft ingekraste geometrische decoratie. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.13 in (5.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 72 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black-baked |
| Finish | engobe |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | East Africa |
| Country | Zambia |
| Ethnicity | Mashukolumbwe |
Acquisition
| Year | 2008 |
| Provenance | Hilversum, collectie Ron de Haan, 1994-2008 |
| Brussel, collectie Jean-Léo Rostagni, 1994 |
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