Museum number:
| APM 8.559 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| buffalo, bead decoration |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with wide bowl, figural base and short up going stem without cuff. Bowl around incised geometric pattern. Base in high relief stylized buffalo with large straight horns and two feet. Red-brown clay, ingrained some white glass beads. |
Date:
| Period | 1940 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.83 in (7.2 cm) |
| Diameter | 2.91 in (7.4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | bowl shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Finish | kralen, wit |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | East Africa |
| Country | Zambia |
| Ethnicity | Mashukolumbwe |
Acquisition
| Year | 1984 |
| Provenance | Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket |
| Londen, particulier bezit, <1960-1984 |
Comments
| Stichting Pijpenkabinet, ansichtkaart, 1998. |
Literature
| Wolfgang Cremer, Pfeifen, Hanf und Tabak in Schwarzafrika. Idstein, 2004. p 195, Abb. 132. Dit exemplaar. Onderschrift: Typische Tonpfeifen der Mashukolombwe (am mittleren Kafue, Sambia) ... etc. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "1001 Nieuwigheden", 8 oktober 1987 - 31 december 1987. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Afrika, v.a. 2002. |
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