Museum number:
| APM 20.903 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| stone stem with rings |
Description:
Tobacco pipe of catlinite with almost cylindrical bowl on a straight stem, the stem diluted past the bowl and cut diagonally at the end. Undecorated and smoothly finished. Original stem of catlinite twisted with four superimposed decorations of a thin ring and two wider octagonal faceted between them a web with four smooth superimposed rings in the middle of the stem. Bowl and stem put together with a piece of wood, the mouthpiece is a piece of wood with a flattened shape with strong traces of use. Stem two labels, a round with "P.100 12-5-'46" and a rectangular price label with "4 .. ODA". |
Date:
| Period | 1800 - 1860 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 23.62 in (60 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 4.25 in (10.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.26 in (3.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.53 in (11.5 cm) |
| Length total | 19.69 in (50 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | catlinite (stone) |
| Technique | cut |
| Colour | red |
| Other materials | wood |
| Oher techniques | turned (on a lathe) |
| Other colours | brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | Dakota |
| Ethnicity | Sioux |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis Christie's, lot 523 |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1967-2011, nr AA172 | |
| Burlington, Wisconsin, collectie E.K. Petrie, 1946-1967 |
Literature
| Georg A. Brongers (Georg Alfred Brongers), 60 pijpen uit de collectie van het Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum. Groningen, 1981. p 18. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Geheel uit rood-oranje catlinite geslepen pijp in twee delen; 18e eeuw, herkomst onbekend. |
| Gustav Casparek et al., Von der Leidenschaft des Pfeifenrauchers. Bielefeld, 1984. p 22. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift; Ein ausserordentlich schönes Kalumet aus Catlinit; vermutlich 18. Jahrhundert. |
| Ralph Plum, ed., La passion de la pipe, fumée et fumeurs. Bielefeld, 1984. p 22. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 1, 1964-1974. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerikaanse Indianenpijpen, v.a. 2011. |
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