Museum number:

APM 1.865

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometrical pattern, zigzag

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met conische ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat, oplopende steel zonder manchet. Filtrand verzwaard met koordmotief. Ketel vier ingesneden zigzagbanden. Ketelbasis band ingekraste elkaar kruisende arceringen. Steel gestempeld ruitenmotief, steeleind acht ingesnoerde ringen. Oorspronkelijk recht houten roer met geplet aluminiumdraad omwonden.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1930


Dimensions:

BowlHeight5.31 in (13.5 cm)
Width2.28 in (5.8 cm)
StemLength3.94 in (10 cm)
Length total22.83 in (58 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape conic
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourgray brown
Other materialswood, aluminum (metal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryCameroon
Region nationalNord-Ouest
TownBamenda
Acquisition
Year 1997
Provenance Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé
Kameroen, region Bamenda, 1997

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