Museum number:

APM 20.522

Subcollection:

etnografische pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

animal head in stem end

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of stone with a shapeless low cylindrical bowl with rounded rim and standing on a thick straight stem, the end rounded, the stem side without stub. Front simply marked animal head with standing oval eyes, two holes for the nose and opened mouth. Bowl side label with red border with ink "FROM MOUND ON FARM OR MR. DICK 3 MILES FROM OZARK ALA. THROUGH COUVRIPY OR MR. YOUNG BOWLING DEC 20 1919".

Date:

Period 500 - 1500


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight8,2 cm
Width5,1 cm
Length22 cm
BowlHeight8,1 cm
Width5,7 cm
StemLength15 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape cilindrisch
Materialsteen
Techniquegeslepen
Colourbruingrijs
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentNoord-Amerika
CountryVerenigde Staten
Region NationalAlabama
EthnicityIndianen
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1967-2011
Burlington, Wisconsin, collectie E.K. Petrie, -1967
Verenigde Staten, collectie Young-Bowling, 1919>
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 1, 1964-1974.

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