Museum number:
| APM 15.497 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| face with tattoos |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met figurale ketel, conische voet met vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel met vlakke manchet. Ketel hoofd man met smal gelaat met platte rechthoekige neus en tatoeages op voorhoofd, wangen en kin. Voet buitenzijde drie gearceerde driehoeken. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.03 in (7.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Weight | 135 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | orange red |
| Finish | engobe, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Gurunsi |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, antiekhandel, 1999 |
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