Museum number:
| APM 1.256 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| seated figure, hands on chin |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van messing met cilindrische figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel met onopvallende manchet. Ketel zittende figuur met sikkelvormige hoofdtooi, beide handen aan de kin, de voeten naast elkaar, ketelbasis vlechtbandmotief. Steel twee banen met concentrische ringen. Oorspronkelijk bronzen roer uit twee delen, door houten klossen verbonden. |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 7.68 in (19.5 cm) |
| Width | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.51 in (14 cm) |
| Length total | 24.41 in (62 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | brass (metal) |
| Technique | lost-wax process |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Other materials | wood |
| Other colours | light brown |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 2000 |
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1982-2000 |
| Brussel, etnografische handel, c. 1982 |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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