Museum number:

APM 15.306

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

stylized portrait, geometric decor

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met hoge slanke ketel met verzwaarde onderzijde met lekgat, oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel concentrische ringen met stippen, op het midden twee gladde cirkelvormige bollingen, ketelbasis gestileerd voorouderportret met wangen. Steel onversierd.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight5.43 in (13.8 cm)
Width1.73 in (4.4 cm)
StemLength4.13 in (10.5 cm)
Weight199 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape geometric
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourred-brown
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryCameroon
Region nationalNord-Ouest
TownBamenda
Acquisition
Year 1998
Provenance Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé
Kameroen, Bamenda, 1998

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