Museum number:
| APM 15.609 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| concentric rings, lead mounting |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of pottery with pot-shaped bowl placed on a stem end that bends back half way and continues at the base of the bowl into a lead mounting with a twisted band back to the bowl. Between the stems two ceramic connecting straps. Bowl halfway band with cross hatching. Stem eight times a band with concentric rings. Polished surface. Original inserted short wooden stem with twisted rings and knot, smooth mouthpiece. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.14 in (2.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Length total | 6.5 in (16.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | pot shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black |
| Other materials | wood |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Gabon |
| Ethnicity | Lumbo |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, 1988-1999 |
| Brussel, antiekhandel, 1988 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Afrika, v.a. 2002. |
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