Museum number:
| APM 20.519 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| phallus pipe |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stone with cylindrical light four-sided tubular shape with stem insert drilled in at the side for separate stir. Phallus shape with the glans on the rounded bottom indicated by a constricted ring and a slit on the bottom. Inside an almost cylindrical bowl that changes into a stem with a diameter of almost an inch, drilled in from the side, a moisture reservoir under the stem. |
Date:
| Period | 1200 - 1500 (?) |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 9,8 cm |
| Diameter | 3,7 cm | |
| Bowl | Height | 4,8 cm |
| Width | 3,7 cm | |
| Weight | 155 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | buisvorm |
| Pipe shape | cilindrisch |
| Material | zandsteen (steen) |
| Technique | geboord, gepolijst |
| Colour | grijs |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Noord-Amerika |
| Ethnicity | Indianen |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1967-2011, nr DD025 |
| Burlington, Wisconsin, collectie E.K. Petrie, -1967 |
Literature
| Georg Alfred Brongers, Van Gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp. Amerongen, 1978. p 10. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Phallusvormige pijp, fijnkorrelig zandsteen, mogelijk pre-columbiaans. Het duidelijk zichtbare gat diende om het mondstuk in te steken. L. 9,7 cm, doorsnede in het midden 3,4 cm. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 1, c. 1968-1974. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, zolder. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerikaanse Indianenpijpen, v.a. 2011. |
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