Museum number:
APM 20.084 |
Subcollection:
etnografische pijpen |
Title:
tabakspijp |
Keyword:
longitudinal ribs |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with a conical bowl with a flat base, a short ascending stem with a small ring at the end. Bowl along cannelures that end below the bowl opening and go up to the base to a wide smooth concentric orbit with fine vertical stripes around the foot. Between the bowl and stem a ball-shaped connecting strap with a hole for a securing cord. Stem end in relief two concentric rings between which dots. |
Date:
Period | 1700 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 5,3 cm |
Width | 5,1 cm | |
Stem | Length | 3,5 cm |
Weight | 64 gram |
Characteristics
Pipe type | manchetpijp |
Pipe shape | conisch |
Material | aardewerk (ceramiek) |
Technique | handvorm |
Colour | grijszwart |
Finish | engobe, creme |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Contintent | Afrika |
Region International | West-Afrika |
Country | Nigeria |
Acquisition
Year | 2009 |
Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
Nigeria, Ibadan, antiekhandel, 2009 |
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