Museum number:
| APM 14.661 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| sitting negro |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel zittende neger, de voeten naast elkaar, de handen op de wangen, lage cilindrische muts met stippen. Steel onder steeleind drie ingesnoerde ringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1970 - 1990 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Weight | 142 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray black |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Bapessi |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, région Bapessi, 1996 |
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