Museum number:
| APM 14.995 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| face with headdress and hands |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met conische figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel hoofd neger met gestileerde trekken, de handen aan de kin, een rechthoekige hoofdtooi met drie rijen zigzag. Ketelbasis drie ingesnoerde concentrische ringen. Steel concentrische ringen, steeleind glad. |
Date:
| Period | 1940 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.66 in (9.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brownish |
| Finish | vernis, bruinzwart |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Bamum (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Ndop, antiekhandel, 1997 |
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