Museum number:
| APM 20.531 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| pointed underside |
Description:
Tobacco pipe in catlinite with a model derived from the tomahawk with an oval-shaped bowl with an accentuated rim, the bottom constricted and continuing in a long pointed shape as a reminiscence of a pickaxe or axe shape, the stem attachment in the middle part of the pipe. Smoothly polished red catlinite, the bowl and the pickaxe point consist of two parts. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Diameter | 0.91 in (2.3 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) |
| Width | 0.91 in (2.3 cm) | |
| Other dimensions | ketelopening: 1,2 cm | |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval shape |
| Material | catlinite (stone) |
| Technique | carved, drilled |
| Colour | red |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | Mississippi |
| Ethnicity | Mic-Mac |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1967-2011, nr AA179 |
| Burlington, Wisconsin, collectie E.K. Petrie, -1967 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerikaanse Indianenpijpen, v.a. 2011. |
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