Museum number:
| APM 19.874 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| moundbuilders pipe |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of steatite, so-called platform type with beaker shaped pipe bowl with a slightly protruding bowl opening placed on a platform that extends past the bowl and is rounded to the mouthpiece, the top is slightly convex, the bottom almost flat. Polished surface. Stem bottom an old find or museum number in white paint "77AM75". |
Date:
| Period | 800 - 1200 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 4.92 in (12.5 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | beaker shape |
| Material | steatite (stone) |
| Technique | cut |
| Colour | gray black |
| Oher techniques | polished |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | West coast |
| Ethnicity | Mound Builders |
Acquisition
| Year | 2009 |
| Provenance | Riom, veilinghuis Piasa, lot 173 |
| Parijs, collectie Musée de la Seita, 1993-2009, coll. nr 1315 | |
| Montréal, Walter Banko, koop 21-04-1993 |
Comments
| Bij Seita ingeschreven als Ohio, Hopewel cultuur. |
Literature
| Phililppe Jacquin, L'herbe des dieux, le tabac dans des sociétés Indiennes d'Amérique du Nord. Paris, 1997. p 13, afb. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Les sites de la culture Hopewell abondent en pipes très sophistiquées. Ici une pipe plate-forme d'une facture élégante. |
| Anoniem, Collection Musée de la Seita, Objets du tabac et de ses usages. , 2009. p 22, lot 173. Dit exemplaar (afgebeeld). |
| Don Duco, Het Parijse museum van de Seita. AmsterdamNieuwsbrief Pijpenkabinet, 6/12, 2009. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2010. |
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