Museum number:
| APM 15.489 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| vertical lines between which dots |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met conische ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel overlangs tussen een concentrische ring verticale lijnen waartussen stippen. Filt dubbele slingerende kabelrand. Ketelbasis verzwaard met visgraatmotief. Steel onderhelft geruwd, bovenhelft baan met concentrische ringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Width | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
| Weight | 131 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | conic |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown black |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Mbounda region, 1998 |
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