Museum number:
| APM 30.048 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| lying figure |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van hout met komvormige ketel zonder hiel met in het verlengde een figurale steel. Steel een liggende figuur met het hoofd bij het mondstuk en de voeten op de pijpenkop. |
Date:
| Period | 1980 - 2000 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 6.69 in (17 cm) |
| Width | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Width | 1.06 in (2.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.31 in (13.5 cm) |
| Weight | 52 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | bowl shape |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | dark brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kasai Province (south) |
| Ethnicity | Luba (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2023 |
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