Museum number:
| APM 11.131 |
Subcollection:
| prehistoric pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| two feet |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with convex bowl with funnel-shaped extension and inward bowl opening, bottom two pointed legs and straight stem flattened to the end. Polished, gray-black smothered surface. |
Date:
| Period | 500 - 1400 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
| Width | 2.01 in (5.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 7.68 in (19.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | spherical |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brown black |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region national | Michoacán |
| Ethnicity | Tarascan |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Tilburg, America Antigua, Ted van Dijck |
| Toronto, particuliere collectie, <1985-1989 |
Comments
| Vgl. Muriel N. Porter, Pipas Precortesianas, Mexico, 1948, plaat 12D. Michoacan. |
Literature
| B. Goes (Benedict Goes), De eerste tabak in Europa. MaarssenFlora in Leiden: de verborgen tuinen van de stad, SDU, /, 1990. foto VI. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 15, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 15, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Grafbeeld rokende figuur. UtrechtPeriodiek Vereniging Rembrandt, III/1, 1993. p 5, afb 8. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, mei 1989 - september 1992. |
| 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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