Museum number:

APM 877

Subcollection:

etnografische pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

stylized standing figure

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of bamboo, the bamboo disc is the convex bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending plug in stem. Bowl carved out of the disc of the bamboo, the stem is the branch, on both sides with a truncated side branch, the silhouette of the pipe represents a stylized standing human. Original mounting with brass cylinder ferrule and simple flattened hard rubber stem.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1940


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3,2 cm
Width3,8 cm
StemLength7,5 cm
Length total15 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape bol
Materialbamboe (hout)
Techniquegesneden
Colourbruin
Other materialsmessing (metaal), pararubber (kunststof)
Finish gepolijst
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAzië
Region InternationalZuidoost-Azië
CountryLaos
Acquisition
Year 1991
Provenance Parijs, Biron, marché aux puces
Parijs, antiekhandel, c. 1990
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, overloop, vitrine Azië, v.a. 2001.

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