Museum number:
| APM 15.153 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| seated man with headdress |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met grote figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel. Ketel zittende man met snor en sik, hoofdtooi met knopen aan weerszijden, de handen voor de buik, tussen de benen is een overlangs gecanneleerd krukje te zien. Steel band met concentrische ringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1992 - 1997 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 8.74 in (22.2 cm) |
| Width | 4.37 in (11.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 6.89 in (17.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown black |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Bamileke |
Acquisition
| Year | 1998 |
| Provenance | Douala, handelaar etnografie |
| Kameroen, Bayagam, 1998 |
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