Museum number:
| APM 15.054 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| North American pipe |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of steatite with beaker shape bowl, without heel and straight four-sided stem with weighted end. Stem behind the bowl extended with a standing flat plate with angular end containing four perforations for decoration with feathers. Steatite in colours black, pink and quartz with a polished surface. |
Date:
| Period | 1750 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 21 cm |
| Bowl | Height | 7,3 cm |
| Width | 2,9 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | ovaalvorm |
| Material | steatiet (steen) |
| Technique | geslepen |
| Colour | grijszwart |
| Oher techniques | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Contintent | Noord-Amerika |
| Country | Verenigde Staten |
| Region National | North Carolina |
| Ethnicity | Cherokee |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Dick Meijer, antiquiteiten |
| Brussel, particulier bezit, 1987-1996 |
Comments
| Vgl. American pipes: steatiet (soapstone) pijp met kano-vorm aangeduid als laat pre-historisch-vroeg historisch, (1400-1750). Herkomst Coosa County, Alabama West II, p 752, afb 5. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2001, zaal, vitrine 1, 2001-2011. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerikaanse Indianenpijpen, v.a. 2011. |
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