Museum number:

APM 1.985

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometrical decoration

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met conische ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel bovenrand overlangs gegroefd, buik tweemaal drie liggende gearceerde ovalen, ketelbasis geruwd met vierkantjes. Steel geruwd, steeleind vier insnoeringen.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1940


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.43 in (8.7 cm)
Width1.46 in (3.7 cm)
StemLength2.36 in (6 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape conic
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourgray black
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryCameroon
Region nationalNord-Ouest
TownBamenda
Acquisition
Year 1997
Provenance Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfe
Kameroen, region Bamenda, 1997

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