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:

BowlHeight17,3 cm
Width7,2 cm
StemLength12 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialmessing (metaal)
Techniquecire perdue
Colourbronsbruin
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAfrika
Region InternationalWest-Afrika
CountryKameroen
Region NationalGraslanden
EthnicityBamileke
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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