Museum number:
| APM 7.260 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| plain |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ovale ketel met ronde onderzijde en oplopende steel met glad steeleind. Uitstaande filtrand. Onversierd. Ingewreven met rode kleurstof. Oorspronkelijk houten roer met ingesnoerd steeleind. |
Date:
| Period | 1940 - 1965 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
| Width | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Length total | 8.86 in (22.5 cm) | |
| Weight | 77 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray |
| Finish | kleurstof, rood |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Region national | Gwari |
| Ethnicity | Mama |
Acquisition
| Year | 1978 |
| Provenance | Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket |
| Londen, particulier bezit, c. 1965-1978 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 7.261 van dezelfde maker. |
Literature
| Jean Lecluse, Pipes d'Afrique noire. Liège, 1985. p 651, afb 1258. Vergelijkbaar stuk. |
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