Museum number:
| APM 14.763 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| face with headdress |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ovaalvormige figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat, oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel hoofd met gestileerde gelaatsonderdelen, uitstekende oren, een concentrische hoofdtooi met drie repeterende rijen bladmotiefjes. Ketelbasis aangepunt en met twee concentrische ringen. Steel fijne concentrische ringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Width | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
| Weight | 186 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 | Bamileke |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Foumban, Mama El Hadgnjikom Salifoe |
| Kameroen, Bamileke, Bafussan, 1997 |
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