Museum number:
| APM 11.485 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| weighted base, incised lines |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ovale ketel op verzwaarde voet en oplopende steel met vlakke bandvormige manchet. Ketel twee concentrische ingekraste ringen en geruwde baan naar de ketelbasis met twee afhangende driehoeken aan weerszijden. Verzwaarde voet met overlangse insnijdingen. Steeleind met leer bekleed. Voet onderzijde slijtage. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 90 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red |
| Finish | engobe, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Lobi (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, locale handel, 1990 |
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