Museum number:
| APM 7.043 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| portrait mask |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of bronze with cylindrical bowl on stem with a pointed front, leak hole under the bowl and slightly rising stem with thin cuff band. Bowl accentuated with a rim on top and base, front embossed portrait mask with hairstyle in two circulars. Connection belt between bowl and stem. Original bronze stem with a locking ring, the first part thicker with concentric rings. Stem end disc shaped button. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 10,6 cm |
| Width | 4,5 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 8,5 cm |
| Length total | 27,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | cilindrisch |
| Material | messing (metaal) |
| Technique | cire perdue |
| Colour | bronsbruin |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Afrika |
| Region International | West-Afrika |
| Country | Kameroen |
| Region National | Graslanden |
| Ethnicity | Tikar |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
| Kameroen, Tikar, 1997 |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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