Museum number:

APM 20.085

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

concentric rings

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ovaalvormige ketel, zware conische hiel met vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel verwijdend naar manchet. Onversierd. Steel bij manchet band met vijf concentrische ringen.

Date:

Period 1850 - 1900


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight2.05 in (5.2 cm)
BowlHeight1.77 in (4.5 cm)
Width1.18 in (3 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Weight53 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape oval shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourblack-baked
Finish gepolijst
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryNigeria
Acquisition
Year 2009
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Nigeria, Ibadan, antiekhandel, 2009

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