Museum number:
| APM 15.499 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| pearl fillet, zigzag lines |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met vormeloze lage geometrische ketel met vlakke onderzijde zonder hiel en korte rechte steel vernauwend naar steeleind. Filt zeven aangeknede parels. Ketel zijkanten en onderzijde ingekraste zigzaglijnen. Steel drie concentrische ringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Width | 1.34 in (3.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 46 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | geometric |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, antiekhandel, 1999 |
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