Museum number:

APM 24.780

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

vertical lines between which dots

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met conische ketel, ronde filtrand en vlak afgesleten onderzijde, oplopende korte steel met brede vlakke manchet. Ketel voorzijde tussen vijf verticale strepen rijen stippels. Ketel onderzijde sterk afgesleten door slepen over de grond. Steel en manchet met leer bekleed, stiknaad aan de onderzijde.

Date:

Period 1910 - 1960


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight3.43 in (8.7 cm)
BowlHeight3.39 in (8.6 cm)
Width1.77 in (4.5 cm)
StemLength2.36 in (6 cm)
Weight155 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape conic
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourred-brown
Other materialsleather (animal material)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryGhana
EthnicityLobi
Acquisition
Year 2022

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