Museum number:
| APM 24.114 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head with curled nose |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van hout met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en rechte tige. Ketel hoofd van mens of dier met opgekrulde neus. Oorspronkelijke montage met aluminium plaatmetalen ketelinterieur, bandje om steeleind en roer van riet met glad steeleind. |
Date:
| Period | 1950 - 1980 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 1.3 in (3.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Length total | 4.53 in (11.5 cm) | |
| Weight | 18 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | dark brown |
| Other materials | aluminum (metal), reed (organic material) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kwango Province (south-west) |
| Ethnicity | Yaka |
Acquisition
| Year | 2019 |
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