Museum number:
| APM 4.925b |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| crude and plain |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ovaalvormige ketel met toelopende filtrand, licht puntige onderzijde vanwaar een korte rechte steel zonder manchet. Ketel en steel onversierd. Verschraald aardewerk met grof oppervlak. Oorspronkelijk recht metalen roer met gebogen eindstuk en omgevouwen knopmondstuk. |
Date:
| Period | 1997 - 1998 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.52 in (6.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Length total | 5.91 in (15 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed, gray smothered |
| Colour | brown black |
| Other materials | iron (metal) |
| Oher techniques | soldered |
| Other colours | greyish |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | East Africa |
| Country | Kenya |
Acquisition
| Year | 2008 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, collectie Mario Kolk, 1998-2008 |
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