Museum number:
| APM 16.940 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| geometric ring round bowlopening |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van steatiet met ovale ketel, hiel en rechte steel. Filt tussen twee concentrische ringen schuingeplaatste arceringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 0.87 in (2.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | steatite (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Southern Africa |
| Country | South Africa |
| Region national | Western Cape |
| Ethnicity | Khoikhoi (Hottentot) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2003 |
| Provenance | 's-Hertogenbosch, Ruud van Thiel |
| Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, <1975-2003, nr 293 |
Comments
| Deze pijpen zouden in Sint Helena gemaakt zijn en naar Zuid-Afrika verkocht! |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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