Museum number:
| APM 24.787 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| geometric patterns |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk en messing met conische ketel, vlakke onderzijde zonder hiel en korte oplopende steel met manchetband. Ketel geheel bedekt met messing met aan beide zijden van de ketel en de steel geometrische banen met gladde lijnen en blokjes, op de steelovergang gewonden cirkels. Ketel onderzijde sporen van geometrische decoratie. |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.57 in (4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Weight | 244 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | conic |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray black |
| Other materials | brass (metal) |
| Oher techniques | cast metal |
| Other colours | yellow-brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Frafra (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2022 |
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