Museum number:
| APM 15.379 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| antelope head, geometric decoration |
Description:
|
Tobacco pipe made of wood with funnel-shape bowl and flat round bottom, put on a up going stem in which a bone mouthpiece. Bowl around geometrical incised pattern of two intersecting zigzag lines against a hatched background. Stem divided into sections with, respectively, zigzag lines, twisting and crumbling, stem top embossed stylized antelope head. Stem through the base of the bowl and sealed with a twisted piece of plant fibers. |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 8 cm |
| Width | 6,2 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 34,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insteekpijp |
| Pipe shape | trechtervorm |
| Material | hout |
| Technique | gesneden |
| Colour | donkerbruin |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Afrika |
| Region International | Centraal-Afrika |
| Country | Democratische Republiek Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) |
| Region National | Kasai Province (Z) |
| Ethnicity | Kuba |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Brussel, Woluwe, antiekmarkt Lambertusplein |
| Brussel, particulier bezit, <1980-1995 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001. |
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