Museum number:
| APM 3.998 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| shaded face |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van hout met geometrische figurale ketel, zonder hiel met dikke korte rechte steel aan het eind vlak afgesneden. Ketel hoofd van een man met kenmerkende geometrische trekken, het oppervlak geheel met kruislings gearceerde lijnen versierd. Montage met aluminium ketelinterieur en korte rechte aluminium steel. |
Date:
| Period | 1950 - 1975 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.32 in (5.9 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.32 in (5.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Length total | 3.94 in (10 cm) | |
| Weight | 43 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown black |
| Other materials | aluminum (metal) |
| Finish | kleurstof, zwart |
| 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 | 1997 |
| Provenance | Kongo, handelaar etnografie |
| Kongo-Kinshasa, antiekhandel, 1997 |
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