Museum number:
| APM 14.629 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| kneeling woman |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel met gladde manchetband. Ketel zittende vrouw met de handen op de dijen, tatoeage op het gelaat, de buik en boven- en onderarmen, een cirkelvormig sieraad om de nek. |
Date:
| Period | 1930 - 1980 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 7.09 in (18 cm) |
| Width | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
| Weight | 428 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Frafra |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Tine Lambregts, Rarekiek |
| Ghana, c. 1991 |
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