Museum number:
| APM 18.741 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| carved geometric decoration |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van hout met licht trechtervormige ketel, brede filtrand en kleine vlakke bodem, rechte steel met mimimale stoep aangezet. Ketel rondom tussen twee banden van zigzag lijnen op een gearceerd fond enkele inelkaar grijpende geometrische lijnen. Steel glad, rechts rechthoekig papieren etiket met inkt (onleesbaar). |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.46 in (8.8 cm) |
| Width | 2.36 in (6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.72 in (12 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Finish | rode kleurstof |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kasai Province (south) |
| Ethnicity | Kuba |
Acquisition
| Year | 1994 |
| Provenance | Mechelen, antiekhandel |
| Mechelen, particulier bezit, <1950-c. 1990 |
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