Museum number:
| APM 13.555 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic items |
Title:
| grave statue |
Keyword:
| seated smoking figure |
Description:
Earthenware statuette representing a seated smoker as a man with legs raised and a strongly deformed back due to kyphosis, the left arm over the knees, the right elbow resting on the knee and a cigar in the right hand. Simple hairstyle with straight bangs, with a tail at the back. Multiple earrings on the ears, a double bracelet with floss-shaped decoration on both upper arms. Red fired clay, stroke burnished. |
Date:
| Period | 0 - 300 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 9.25 in (23.5 cm) |
| Width | 7.48 in (19 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region national | Nayarit |
| Ethnicity | Chapalilla |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Tilburg, America Antigua, Ted van Dijck |
Comments
| Afkomstig uit het graftombecomplex van Zuid-Nayarit en uitgevoerd in de zgn. San Sebastian red stijl. In de neus een stukje stofgoud. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 15, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 15, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Menno van der Laan, Uit verre landen; Koffie, thee en andere koloniale waren. Eindhoven, 2015. p 85. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, 2001-2013. |
| 's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, tentoonstelling "Uit verre landen, koffie, thee en andere koloniale waren", 5 juni 2015 - 13 september 2015. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2013. |
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