Museum number:
| APM 13.501 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| geometric bowl |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with geometric bowl, without heel with straight un going stem without stub. Bowl with geometric shape with volute bottom and cylindrical top half with constricted middle part, the bowl opening oval, the design inspired by a bird's beak. Bowl geometric incised lines. Separate stem in iron with cylindrical constricted wood decorated with geometric carving in which pair wise oval leaves. Stem covered with tin plate. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 6.69 in (17 cm) |
| Width | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.72 in (12 cm) |
| Length total | 22.05 in (56 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | geometric |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown black |
| Finish | tin |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Rotterdam, Steven van de Raadt, African Art |
| Soest, collectie Ger Luttik, <1980-1992 |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Pijpen uit donker Afrika", 11 april 1993 - 4 juli 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001. |
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