Museum number:
| APM 24.046b |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| geometric, two portrait heads |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van hout met conische ketel, vlakke onderzijde en rechte steel zonder manchet. Ketel weerszijden ingesneden v-vormige arceringen, aan de voorzijde in reliëf twee ovaalvormige portretmaskers. Ketel inwendig met plaatmetaal, op de filt met vier messing nagels vastgezet. |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.83 in (7.2 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) |
| Width | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Weight | 123 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | conic |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | iron, brass (metal) |
| Finish | verf, gezwart |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kasai Province (south) |
| Ethnicity | Pende |
Acquisition
| Year | 2019 |
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