Museum number:
| APM 655 |
Subcollection:
| wooden pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| covered with leather |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van bruyère met billiard ketel, ronde onderzijde zonder hiel en rechte tige. Ketel en steel met bruin leer bekleed met stiknaden in wit op de boven en onverzijde. Ketel inwendig bekeed met meerschuim. Tige links intaglio "286 KIKO" en rechts "TANZANIA". Oorspronkelijk zwart caoutchouc roer met afgeplatte beet, links ingedrukt lopende olifant. |
Date:
| Period | 1960 - 1975 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Width | 1.57 in (4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
| Length total | 5.12 in (13 cm) | |
| Weight | 62.5 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | billiard |
| Material | briar (wood) |
| Technique | milled |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | meerschaum (block) (stone), leather (animal material), hardrubber (synthetic material) |
| Other colours | beige brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | East Africa |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Town | Arusha |
| Maker | Tanganyika Meerschaum Corporation Limited |
| Trade number | 286 |
| Mark | lopende olifant (ingedrukt, roer links) "286 KIKO" (intaglio, steel links) "TANZANIA" (intaglio, steel rechts) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2003 |
| Provenance | 's-Hertogenbosch, Ruud van Thiel |
| Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, <1985-2003 |
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