Museum number:
| APM 14.790 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| sitting figure |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel figuur met gelaat en bovenarmen met geringe detaillering, ketel bovenzijde verzwaarde band met verticale streepjes. Ketelbasis gekartelde ring. Steel geruwd met steeleind concentrische ringen en gekartelde band. |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.25 in (10.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Weight | 171 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Foumban, Mama El Hadgnjikom Salifoe |
| Kameroen, Foumban, antiekhandel, 1997 |
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