Museum number:
| APM 3.415 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| hunter on a buffalo |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel geboetseerd Afrikaan met pijl en sikkelvormige hoofdtooi met twee slangenkoppen, gezeten op de rug van een buffel. Steeleind concentrische ringen. Oorspronkelijk recht takhouten roer. |
Date:
| Period | 1940 - 1980 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 5.51 in (14 cm) |
| Width | 3.03 in (7.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Length total | 22.64 in (57.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black-baked |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Banso |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Banso, 1997 |
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