Museum number:
| APM 7.745 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| face mask |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische ketel, onderzijde ketel twee pootjes en rechte steel met glad steeleind. Ketel voorzijde opgeplakt gezichtmasker, aan weerszijden van de ketel een opgeplakt rozet met kruis. Roodbakkende klei, paarsgetinte wasvernis. |
Date:
| Period | 1978 - 1981 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.61 in (4.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Weight | 39 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red |
| Finish | vernis, paars |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Maker #1 | projecto de artesanias |
| Ethnicity #1 | Modern Maya |
Acquisition
| Year | 1981 |
| Provenance | Lille, wereldwinkel |
| Guatemala, import, 1981 |
Comments
| Vgl. Francis Robicsek, The Smoking Gods, Tobacco in Maya Art, History, and Religion, Oklahoma, 1978, p 20, fig. 23. Vergelijkbaar stuk, onderschrift: Modern Maya clay pipe from the Guatemalan highlands. |
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