Museum number:
| APM 14.851 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| crossed incised lines |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met trechtervorm ketel, vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel met dunne manchet. Ketel rondom concentrische band met elkaar kruisende ingesneden lijnen. Voet rondom vier knobbels waartussen dubbele lijnen. Steel twee concentrische gladde banden. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Weight | 47 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown grey |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, antiekhandel, 1997 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Tabakspijpen uit het Ashanti-gebied. Amsterdam, 2001. afb 9ab. Dit exemplaar. |
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