Museum number:

APM 8.944

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

rosette, concentric lines

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische ketel op verzwaarde basis, zonder hiel met oplopende steel en glad steeleind. Ketel rozet van ingedrukte stippen. Twee series concentrische lijnen om de ketel en twee om de steel.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1940


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.64 in (6.7 cm)
Width0.94 in (2.4 cm)
StemLength1.77 in (4.5 cm)
Weight80 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourred-brown
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryNigeria
EthnicityFulani (Fulbe)
Acquisition
Year 1985
Provenance Leimuiden, P.M. Spoor
Nigeria, etnografische handel, 1985
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "1001 Nieuwigheden", 8 oktober 1987 - 31 december 1987.

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