Museum number:
| APM 20.522 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| animal head in stem end |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stone with a shapeless low cylindrical bowl with rounded rim and standing on a thick straight stem, the end rounded, the stem side without stub. Front simply marked animal head with standing oval eyes, two holes for the nose and opened mouth. Bowl side label with red border with ink "FROM MOUND ON FARM OR MR. DICK 3 MILES FROM OZARK ALA. THROUGH COUVRIPY OR MR. YOUNG BOWLING DEC 20 1919". |
Date:
| Period | 500 - 1500 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.23 in (8.2 cm) |
| Width | 2.01 in (5.1 cm) | |
| Length | 8.66 in (22 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 3.19 in (8.1 cm) |
| Width | 2.24 in (5.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.91 in (15 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | stone |
| Technique | cut |
| Colour | brown grey |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | Alabama |
| Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1967-2011 |
| Burlington, Wisconsin, collectie E.K. Petrie, -1967 | |
| Verenigde Staten, collectie Young-Bowling, 1919> |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 1, 1964-1974. |
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