Museum number:
| APM 10.609 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| high geometrical foot, stem square |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met afgeplatte bolvormige ketel op hoge geometrische voet, oplopende vierzijdig afgevlakte steel met vierkante knoop. Ketel geometrisch ruitenpatroon en cirkelgaatjes en opgeplaatste bolletjes. Steel banden met overlangse arceringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1800 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.79 in (2 cm) |
| Weight | 20 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | bulbous |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red |
| Finish | ijzerengobe, rood |
| 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 6ab. Dit exemplaar. |
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