Museum number:
| APM 24.226 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| geometrical decoration |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van messing met trechtervormige ketel op licht gebolde onderzijde en oplopende korte rechte steel evenwijdig aan de ketel zonder manchetrand. Ketel halverwege twee concentrische ringen met in de velden driehoekvormen deels gearceerd, de ketelbasis onversierd, de steel dertien concentrische ringen, steelbasis een ring voor borgkoordje. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 108 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | brass (metal) |
| Technique | cast metal |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Bamum, 1996 |
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