Museum number:
| APM 7.711 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| rosette, roughened surface |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met bolle ketel, zonder hiel met oplopende steel en glad steeleind. Ketel met vernauwde opening met verzwaarde ronde filt. Ketel rozet van ingedrukte stippen. Band om ketelbasis, de steel geruwd. Rode engobe. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 68 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | spherical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Finish | engobe, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Fulani (Fulbe) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1981 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Peter de Boer, Kalpa Art |
| Nigeria, etnografische handel, 1980 |
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