Museum number:
| APM 7.043 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| portrait mask |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of bronze with cylindrical bowl on stem with a pointed front, leak hole under the bowl and slightly rising stem with thin cuff band. Bowl accentuated with a rim on top and base, front embossed portrait mask with hairstyle in two circulars. Connection belt between bowl and stem. Original bronze stem with a locking ring, the first part thicker with concentric rings. Stem end disc shaped button. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.17 in (10.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.35 in (8.5 cm) |
| Length total | 10.83 in (27.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | brass (metal) |
| Technique | lost-wax process |
| Colour | bronze brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Tikar |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Tikar, 1997 |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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