Museum number:
| APM 15.073 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| standing German soldier |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of bronze with a figural bowl, without heel, moist hole and upgoing straight stem widening to the end. Bowl standing German soldier with almond shaped face with negeroid characteristics, cap with flap, clothing buttons and booties. Stem attached at the buttocks having a conical shape and at the end a double concentric ring, narrow connection band from bowl to stub. |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 17,3 cm |
| Width | 7,2 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 12 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | messing (metaal) |
| Technique | cire perdue |
| Colour | bronsbruin |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Afrika |
| Region International | West-Afrika |
| Country | Kameroen |
| Region National | Graslanden |
| Ethnicity | Bamileke |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Bamum, 1996 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001. |
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