Museum number:

APM 14.632

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometric carving

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische ketel, verzwaarde voet met vlakke onderzijde en lekgat, oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel rondom band met driehoeken, afwisselend uitgestoken of gearceerd. Ketelbasis concentrische lijnen. Steel geruwd.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1950


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.69 in (4.3 cm)
Width1.1 in (2.8 cm)
StemLength0.98 in (2.5 cm)
Weight35 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourbrown black
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryCameroon
Region nationalGrasslands
EthnicityOku
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Kameroen, handelaar etnografie
Kameroen, Oku, 1996

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