Museum number:
| APM 13.498 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| gourd pipe |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of a gourd with round fruit with long stem. Fruit decorated with braid of copper wire in geometric patterns. Bowl of earthenware with funnel shape with short straight stem and small stub band. Bowl head of a man with opened eyes wearing a flat cap. Eyes filled in with pewter. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 23 cm |
| Length | 31 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | trechtervorm |
| Material | aardewerk (ceramiek) |
| Technique | handvorm |
| Colour | zwartgebakken |
| Other materials | kalebas (organisch materiaal) |
| Finish | tin |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Afrika |
| Region International | Centraal-Afrika |
| Country | Democratische Republiek Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) |
| Region National | Katanga (Tanganyika region) |
| Ethnicity | Tabwa |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Rotterdam, Steven van de Raadt, African Art |
| Tanzania, c. 1985 |
Comments
| Tabwa-volk leeft in het uiterste oosten van Zaïre. Vgl. M. Maurer & Allen F. Roberts, Tabwa, The rising of a new moon..., Washington, 1986, p 179-181. Betekenis van de pijp met afbeelding van vergelijkbaar stuk (met dubbele ketel). Stichting Pijpenkabinet, ansichtkaart. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 70, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 70, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| José Manuel Lopes, Cachimbos, Marcas, Fabricantes e Artesaos. Lissabon, 2004. p 22. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Pijpen uit donker Afrika", 11 april 1993 - 4 juli 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 9, v.a. 2001. |
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