Museum number:
| APM 11.486 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| weighted base, incised decoration |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ovale licht gebolde ketel op verzwaarde voet, oplopende steel met vlakke manchetband. Ketel ingekraste geometrische decoratie van twee verticale lijnen verbonden door een horizontale. Steeleind met leer omkleed. Voet onderzijde slijtage. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.09 in (5.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 80 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | heavy 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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