Museum number:
| APM 512 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| brass casting |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met billiard ketel, zonder hiel met oplopende steel en glad steeleind. Ketel en steel ingegoten in messing montage, waarin twee ovale en twee driehoekige uitsparingen de ceramische ketel laten zien. Ketelopening lijst met kabelrand. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 94 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | billiard |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray black |
| Other materials | brass (metal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Gurunsi (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Rotterdam, Steven van de Raadt, African Art |
| Soest, collectie Ger Luttik, <1985-1992 |
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