Museum number:
| APM 20.531 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| pointed underside |
Description:
Tobacco pipe in catlinite with a model derived from the tomahawk with an oval-shaped bowl with an accentuated rim, the bottom constricted and continuing in a long pointed shape as a reminiscence of a pickaxe or axe shape, the stem attachment in the middle part of the pipe. Smoothly polished red catlinite, the bowl and the pickaxe point consist of two parts. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 9 cm |
| Diameter | 2,3 cm | |
| Bowl | Height | 4,3 cm |
| Width | 2,3 cm | |
| Other dimensions | ketelopening: 1,2 cm | |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | ovaalvorm |
| Material | catliniet (steen) |
| Technique | gesneden, geboord |
| Colour | rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Noord-Amerika |
| Country | Verenigde Staten |
| Region National | Mississippi |
| Ethnicity | Mic-Mac |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1967-2011, nr AA179 |
| Burlington, Wisconsin, collectie E.K. Petrie, -1967 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerikaanse Indianenpijpen, v.a. 2011. |
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