Museum number:
| APM 4.318 |
Subcollection:
| pipes various materials |
Title:
| cigar pipe |
Keyword:
| animal bone transformed into cigar holder |
Description:
| Sigarenhouder van lang vogelbot met in het gewrichtsgedeelte een buffelhoornen trechtervormige sigarenhouder, buffelhoornen mondstuk met afgeplat eind met knoop. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 0.67 in (1.7 cm) |
| Width | 0.63 in (1.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 12.6 in (32 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | bird bone (animal material) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Other materials | buffalo horn (animal material) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2003 |
| Provenance | 's-Hertogenbosch, Ruud van Thiel |
| Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, 1963-2003 | |
| Zeist, G. de Kruijff, antiquair, 1960-1963 | |
| Zeist, collectie Henk van der Hoef, <1950-1960 |
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