Museum number:
| APM 10.608 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| overlangse banden, vierkante voet |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met wijde komvorm ketel verzwaard met twee overlangse banden en uitstaande filt op vierkant voetje met gearceerde decoratie. Steel overlangs gegroefd. |
Date:
| Period | 1800 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) |
| Weight | 25 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | bowl shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | pink red |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Ashanti |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, locale handel, 1988 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Tabakspijpen uit het Ashanti-gebied. Amsterdam, 2001. afb 2ab. Dit exemplaar. |
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