Museum number:
| APM 17.422 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| geometric pattern |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met licht conische ketel, uitstaande filtrand, vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel langs de ketel zonder manchet. Uitstaande filtrand ingedrukte geometrische banen, ketel drie zigzagbanen van liggende streepjes, de achterzijde geruwd, ketelbasis band met zes concentrische ringen. Steel geruwd, steeleind zes ingesnoerde ringen. Doorboring tussen ketel en steel. Zwartgebakken. |
Date:
| Period | 1940 - 1970 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 5.16 in (13.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.97 in (5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.74 in (9.5 cm) |
| Weight | 233 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | conic |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black-baked |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Bamessing |
Acquisition
| Year | 2004 |
| Provenance | Kameroen, Foumban, Mamouda, |
| Foumban, antiekhandel, 2004 |
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