Museum number:

APM 6.890

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

incised geometrical decoration

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of pottery with two wide, strong funnel-shaped bowls and short conical stem, two stems meet in a round mouthpiece. Bowls outer edge notched band hatching with triangles. Stems concentric notched lines. Knot triangles with shaded lines. Decoration rubbed with white chalk or lime.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1940


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight2.64 in (6.7 cm)
Width3.82 in (9.7 cm)
BowlHeight0.91 in (2.3 cm)
Width2.13 in (5.4 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Other dimensions Maten tweede ketel: 2,2 x 5,3 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type tubular pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourblack-baked
Finish krijt, wit
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalCentral-Africa
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
EthnicityKivu (Mvuba)
Acquisition
Year 1978
Provenance Amsterdam, collectie Gert en Tine Lambregts, Rarekiek, c. 1955-1978
Congo, etnografische handel (reissouvenir), c. 1955
Literature
Don Duco, Jaarverslag Pijpenkamer Icon 1978. Amsterdam, 1979. p 9. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, 29 september 1982 - 31 december 1993.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.

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