Museum number:
| APM 9.729 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| spiders, portrait head |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilidrische ketel, afgeronde onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel evenwijdig aan de ketel, zonder manchet. Ketel geometrisch patroon van gestileerde spinnen, onderzijde portretkop. Oorspronkelijke houten roer met ijzeren kern. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 9.21 in (23.4 cm) |
| Width | 2.32 in (5.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length total | 20.08 in (51 cm) |
| Weight | 116 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown black |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Bamum |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Vlaardingen, Joop Groen |
| Soest, collectie Ger Luttik, <1975-1986 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Kameroen, v.a. 2000. |
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