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:

BowlHeight8 cm
Width6,2 cm
StemLength34,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape trechtervorm
Materialhout
Techniquegesneden
Colourdonkerbruin
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAfrika
Region InternationalCentraal-Afrika
CountryDemocratische Republiek Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
Region NationalKasai Province (Z)
EthnicityKuba
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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