Museum number:

APM 11.015

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

constricted rings, flat bottom

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met slanke cilindrische ketel, vlakke onderzijde en rechte steel. Ketel ingesnoerde ringen en schijfvormig verzwaarde ketelopening. Oorspronkelijk oplopend houten roer, bij de ketel bekleed met slangenhuid.

Date:

Period 1860 - 1910


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.24 in (5.7 cm)
Width1.89 in (4.8 cm)
StemLength0.98 in (2.5 cm)
Length total9.06 in (23 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourblack-baked
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryNigeria
EthnicityTiv
Acquisition
Year 1989
Provenance Bath, veilinghuis Phillips, lot 32
Bristol, collectie R. Mickleburgh
Exhibition
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.

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