Museum number:
| APM 15.980 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| stylized spiders |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met conische ketel, licht gebolde onderzijde met lekgat en opgaande steel zonder manchet. Ketelbasis verzwaard en met band gearceerde visgraten. Filtband met gearceerde knorren. Tussenbaan geometrisch motief van gestileerde spinnen. Steel onderhelft geruwd en afgesloten met vier ingesnoerde ringen. Oorspronkelijk glad houten roer. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Length total | 8.66 in (22 cm) | |
| Weight | 84 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | conic |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | wood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Babanki |
Acquisition
| Year | 2000 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Babanki, 1999 |
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