Museum number:
| APM 13.583 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| geometric decoration |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met geometrische ketel, vlakke voet met oplopende steel en manchet. Ketel brede naar binnen gerichte filtrand, schijfvormige band onder de filt en langs de basis, de voet schijfvormig verbreed. Decoratie van ingekraste concentrische zigzag lijnen. |
Date:
| Period | 1955 - 1985 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.74 in (9.5 cm) |
| Width | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
| Weight | 337 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | geometric |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed, gray smothered |
| Colour | brown grey |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Gurunsi |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Nigeria, antiekhandel, 1993 |
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