Museum number:

APM 11.173

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

weightened bowl opening, flattened underside

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met plompe wijde cilindrische ketel met verzwaarde rondlopende filt en vlakke onderzijde, boven de basis aangezette oplopende steel met gladde bandvormige manchet.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1940


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.44 in (6.2 cm)
Width1.65 in (4.2 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Weight143 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourbrownish red
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryGhana
EthnicityGurunsi
Acquisition
Year 1989
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Ghana, antiekhandel, 1989

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