Museum number:
| APM 11.492 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| lobed foot, flat bottom |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met bolle ovale ketel met verzwaarde afgeronde filt op gelobde verhoogde conische voet met vlakke onderzijde, oplopende steel met bandvormige manchet. Ketel onderzijde en voet geometrisch kraswerk, waarin om de ketel drie verhoogde noppen. Ketelbasis links lekgat. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.4 in (6.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 97 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | spherical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Finish | engobe |
| 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 |
Comments
| Opmerkelijk aan dit maaksel is de driedimensionale vormgeving. |
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