Museum number:
| APM 15.377 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| otters or beavers, standing man |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of black stone with funnel shape bowl, small lenticular bottom and side hole for separate stem. Bowl around in relief three elongated otters or beavers, near the bowl opening and on both sides of the bowl rosettes, stem side silhouette of a standing man, seen from behind. |
Date:
| Period | 1865 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 7,4 cm |
| Width | 5,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insteekpijp |
| Pipe shape | trechtervorm |
| Material | argilliet (steen) |
| Technique | gesneden |
| Colour | zwart |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Noord-Amerika |
| Country | Canada |
| Region National | British Columbia |
| Ethnicity | Mic-Mac |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis de Nieuwe Zon |
| Amsterdam, particulier bezit, <1985-1996 |
Comments
| Totemic Micmac pipe, McGuire, p 485, fig 106. Zwarte steen afkomstig uit Lake Huron. Geschenk van de Indianen aan de Fransen of Engelsen. Streek Queen Charlotte Island. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2001. |
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