Museum number:
| APM 4.045f |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| wound iron wire and crushed copper band and brass band |
Description:
| Pijpensteel van hout met verjongend model, het insteekdeel vernauwd, versierd met een baan gedraaid ijzerdraad bij de tige en twee banden met geplet koperdraad en geplet messingdraad halverwege en als mondstuk bekleding. |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 14.57 in (37 cm) |
| Diameter | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 11.81 in (30 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved, struck |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | iron, brass, copper (metal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Bamessing, 1997 |
If you have any comments, suggestions or additions, click here to send us an email