Museum number:

APM 15.495

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometric decoration

Description:

Pijpenkop van aardewerk voor waterpijp met trechtervorm ketel, zonder hiel overgaand in een korte rechte steel. Ketel en steel drie banden met concentrische ringen, ketelbasis band met zigzag, de driehoeken gearceerd.

Date:

Period 1940 - 1970


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.28 in (5.8 cm)
Width1.73 in (4.4 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Weight75 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourblack-baked
Finish gevernist
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalEast Africa
CountryTanzania
EthnicityBaholoholo
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Amsterdam, Tine Lambregts, Rarekiek
Amsterdam, etnografische handel, 1999

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