Museum number:

APM 10.605

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

square foot, geometrical decoration

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met trechtervorm ketel, aan de onderzijde vierkant en licht verzwaard. Decoratie van geometrische lijnen, onversierde steel met knoopvormige manchet met ribben.

Date:

Period 1860 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.46 in (3.7 cm)
Width1.22 in (3.1 cm)
StemLength1.69 in (4.3 cm)
Weight35 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourbrownish red
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryGhana
EthnicityAshanti
Acquisition
Year 1988
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Ghana, locale handel, 1988

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