Museum number:

APM 15.609

Subcollection:

etnografische pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

concentric rings, lead mounting

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of pottery with pot-shaped bowl placed on a stem end that bends back half way and continues at the base of the bowl into a lead mounting with a twisted band back to the bowl. Between the stems two ceramic connecting straps. Bowl halfway band with cross hatching. Stem eight times a band with concentric rings. Polished surface. Original inserted short wooden stem with twisted rings and knot, smooth mouthpiece.

Date:

Period 1870 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight6,2 cm
Width2,9 cm
StemLength10 cm
Length total16,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape potvorm
Materialaardewerk (ceramiek)
Techniquehandvorm
Colourzwart
Other materialshout
Finish gepolijst
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContintentAfrika
Region InternationalCentraal-Afrika
CountryGabon
EthnicityLumbo
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, 1988-1999
Brussel, antiekhandel, 1988
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Afrika, v.a. 2002.

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