Museum number:

APM 10.612

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

flat round base, geometrical lines

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met trechtervorm ketel op platte ronde voet. Ketel rondom twee concentrische banen met geometrische ruitvormig ingekraste lijnen. Voorzijde drie ingedrukte cirkels.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.42 in (3.6 cm)
Width1.22 in (3.1 cm)
StemLength1.06 in (2.7 cm)
Weight38 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourlight brown
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryGhana (?)
Acquisition
Year 1988
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Ghana, locale handel, 1988
Literature
Don Duco, Tabakspijpen uit het Ashanti-gebied. Amsterdam, 2001. afb 15ab. Dit exemplaar.

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