Museum number:

APM 12.742

Subcollection:

etnografische pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

geometric decoration

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with conical bowl with weighted upper edge on flat round base with rising stem with smooth cuff at height of the bowl opening. Top edge with two pointed protrusions on both sides between which a stylized mask with eyes and nose, bowl front rectangle with incised geometric pattern, five narrowed lines along the bottom edge. Bottom leak hole. Original straight wooden stem with decoration of a band with wound copper wire past the middle and around the stem end.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1930


Dimensions:

BowlHeight12,5 cm
Width9,3 cm
StemLength12,5 cm
Length total100 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape conisch
Materialaardewerk (ceramiek)
Techniquehandvorm
Colourbruinzwart
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAfrika
Region InternationalWest-Afrika
CountryKameroen
Region NationalGraslanden
EthnicityBamileke
Acquisition
Year 1991
Provenance Parijs, Jean-Pierre Laprugne, rue Mazarine
Parijs, particuliere verzameling, <1980-1991
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Pijpen uit donker Afrika", 11 april 1993 - 4 juli 1993.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Kameroen, v.a. 2000.

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