Museum number:

APM 18.066

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

concentric rings, standing stripes

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met licht trechtervormige ketel, vlakke onderzijde zonder hielmarkering en oplopende steel zonder manchetverzwaring. Ketel rondom baan met concentrische ringen op drie plaatsen met strepen onderbroken, radering langs boven en onderzijde, de filtrand schuins gestreept. Verbindingsbandje tussen ketel en steel.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.22 in (3.1 cm)
Width1.14 in (2.9 cm)
StemLength0.79 in (2 cm)
Weight24 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourgray brown
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryGhana
Acquisition
Year 2006
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Ghana, Abitivi-Coco, antiekhandel, 2006

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