Museum number:

APM 24.461

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

filt lines, bowl bottom thee sides flattened

Description:

Tabakspijp van steatiet met hoge bekervorm ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met bocht en recht eindstuk met knopmondstuk. Ketelbasis drie deukjes, houten stopje van het boorgaatje zichtbaar, filtrand drie concentrische insnoeringen.

Date:

Period 1870 - 1910


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.28 in (5.8 cm)
Width0.87 in (2.2 cm)
StemLength3.54 in (9 cm)
Weight45 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape beaker shape
Materialsteatite (stone)
Techniquecarved
Colourgray green
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalSouthern Africa
CountrySouth Africa
Region nationalWestern Cape
EthnicityKhoikhoi (Hottentot)
Acquisition
Year 2020

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