Museum number:
| APM 6.596 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| omcised geometrical pattern |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met bolle ketel, knopvormige hiel en rechte steel met onopvallende manchet. Ketel, hiel en steel ingekraste lineaire decoratie. Steel oplopend en tweedelig met kerfsneeversiering. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.8 in (7.1 cm) |
| Width | 2.32 in (5.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
| Length total | 14.17 in (36 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | spherical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black-baked |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kasai Province (south) |
| Ethnicity | Kuba |
Acquisition
| Year | 1977 |
| Provenance | Tilburg, antiekwinkel |
| Nijmegen, collectie Kerssemakers, <1955-1977 |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, 29 september 1982 - 31 december 1993. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001. |
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