Museum number:
| APM 15.338 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| geometric decoration |
Description:
|
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with large size with cylindrical bowl, flat bottom with leak hole and rising stem for wooden insert stem. Bowl two concentric relief bands, the upper twisted cords, the bottom wide and flat on which circular portrait masks, with the remaining space the ground dotted, middle part consists of three layers, the lower and upper with each three upright ovals on which a stylized geometric frog, the middle with portrait masks, the remaining space with dotted fond. |
Date:
| Period | 1955 - 1970 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 32 cm |
| Bowl | Height | 32 cm |
| Width | 12,5 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 22 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | cilindrisch |
| Material | aardewerk (ceramiek) |
| Technique | handvorm |
| Colour | bruingrijs |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Afrika |
| Region International | West-Afrika |
| Country | Kameroen |
| Region National | Graslanden |
| Ethnicity | Bamileke |
Acquisition
| Year | 1998 |
| Provenance | Leiden, Arnold Wentholt |
| Nijmegen, particuliere collectie, <1980-1998 |
Comments
| Verzameld rond 1970. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001. |
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