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:
| Bowl | Height | 3,2 cm |
| Width | 3,8 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 7,5 cm |
| Length total | 15 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insteekpijp |
| Pipe shape | bol |
| Material | bamboe (hout) |
| Technique | gesneden |
| Colour | bruin |
| Other materials | messing (metaal), pararubber (kunststof) |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Azië |
| Region International | Zuidoost-Azië |
| Country | Laos |
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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