Museum number:
| APM 10.568 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic items |
Title:
| nose reed |
Keyword:
| bone to inhale snuff |
Description:
| Neusrietje van been, dun uitgehold botje om samen met een snuiftablet te gebruiken om poedertabak te snuiven. Zonder decoratie. |
Date:
| Period | 600 B.C. - 1000 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 7.36 in (18.7 cm) |
| Diameter | 0.35 in (0.9 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | animal bone (animal material) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | light brown |
| Traces of use | vuil |
Production
| Continent | South America |
| Region international | Latin America |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Region national | El Molle |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Tiemen Helperi Kimm |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1980-1988 | |
| Tilburg, America Antigua, Ted van Dijck, c. 1978 |
Comments
| Vgl. George A. West, Tobacco, Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Indians, Westport, Connecticut, 1970, Dl II, p 487, afb 2, 3. Chili, Peru. Muriel N. Porter, Pipas Precortesianas, Mexico, 1948, plaat 3F. Herkomst Chili. Constantino Manuel Torres, The Iconography of South American Snuff Trays, Göteborg, 1987, plate 12 & plate 136b. Identieke exemplaren. |
Exhibition
| Rotterdam, Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik, tentoonstelling "Veertienhonderd negen twee, Columbus zeilde over zee", 1 oktober 1992 - 21 maart 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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