Museum number:
| APM 15.379 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| antelope head, geometric decoration |
Description:
|
Tobacco pipe made of wood with funnel-shape bowl and flat round bottom, put on a up going stem in which a bone mouthpiece. Bowl around geometrical incised pattern of two intersecting zigzag lines against a hatched background. Stem divided into sections with, respectively, zigzag lines, twisting and crumbling, stem top embossed stylized antelope head. Stem through the base of the bowl and sealed with a twisted piece of plant fibers. |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
| Width | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 13.58 in (34.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | dark brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kasai Province (south) |
| Ethnicity | Kuba |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Brussel, Woluwe, antiekmarkt Lambertusplein |
| Brussel, particulier bezit, <1980-1995 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001. |
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