Museum number:
| APM 13.585 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head man |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met figurale ketel op verzwaarde vlakke voet en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel hoofd man met ovale vorm met langgerekte neus en kleine oren, gelaat versierd met ingekraste lijnen van tatoeage. Ingedrukte stippen en ingekraste lijnen. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.07 in (7.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 126 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed, gray smothered |
| Colour | gray black |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Baoleh |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ivoorkust, 1993 |
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