Museum number:
| APM 19.822 |
Subcollection:
| prehistoric pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| cooling fins |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with a trunk-like bowl, without a heel and a straight stem with a diluted end with a rounded mouthpiece. Bowl and stem covered with fourteen zigzag ribs, the short mouthpiece smooth. |
Date:
| Period | 600 - 1500 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 7.87 in (20 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 3.27 in (8.3 cm) |
| Width | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.71 in (14.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | trunk shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray |
| Finish | engobe, wit |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region national | Michoacán |
Acquisition
| Year | 2009 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Piasa, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 208 |
| Parijs, collectie Musée de la Seita, 1993-2009, coll. nr 1379 | |
| Zürich, Anne-Marie Reinhart, koop 16-12-1993 |
Literature
| Anoniem, Collection Musée de la Seita, Objets du tabac et de ses usages. Paris, 2009. p 28,lot 208. (Afgebeeld). Pipe en terre gris rosé orné d'un motif côtelé ondé, embout émaillé blanc. Amérique du Sud, Colombie. Embout recollé. 150/180 euro. |
| Don Duco, Het Parijse museum van de Seita. AmsterdamNieuwsbrief Pijpenkabinet, 6/12, 2009. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Parijs, Musée de la Seita, permanente presentatie, 1979-2000. Dit exemplaar. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, 2010-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2013. |
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