Museum number:
| APM 8.839 |
Subcollection:
| prehistorische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| engobe |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with trumpet-shaped bowl and inwardly directed bowl opening on spherical base with two pointed legs. Flattened ascending stem, the end ground. Chunky polished engobe with dark red colour. Legs and spherical base decorated with white slip. |
Date:
| Period | 1000 - 1200 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 9,5 cm |
| Width | 4,5 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 37 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | steelpijp |
| Pipe shape | trompetvorm |
| Material | aardewerk (ceramiek) |
| Technique | handvorm |
| Colour | grijs |
| Finish | engobe, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Noord-Amerika |
| Region International | Centraal-Amerika |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region National | Michoacan |
| Ethnicity | Tarasken |
Acquisition
| Year | 1985 |
| Provenance | Tilburg, America Antigua, Ted van Dijck |
Comments
| Tijdvak post-klassiek. Vgl. Muriel N. Porter, Pipas Precontesianas, Mexico, 1948, plaat 13D. Met iets grotere steelhoek. Michoacan, Zamora. Vgl. APM 8.838 vergelijkbaar object. (Krantenknipsel), Indianenpijpen uit twaalfde eeuw in Leids Pijpenkabinet, 25-06-1986. Ook afgebeeld op de algemene folder van het Pijpenkabinet, 1985. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, september 1985 - 31 december 1993. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, 2001-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2013. |
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