Museum number:
APM 11.436 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
head man, button-shaped ears, ring beard |
Description:
Tabakspijp van aardewerk met bolle ketel, rechte steel met schijfvormige manchet. Ketel uitgesneden portret van een man met knopvormige oren en maanvormige ringbaard. Rode ijzerengobe. Metalen banden om ketelopening, steel en manchet. Oorspronkelijk houten roer met geometrische versiering. |
Date:
Period | 1850 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) |
Width | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
Length total | 12.6 in (32 cm) | |
Weight | 191 gram |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | pottery (ceramic) |
Technique | hand-formed |
Colour | gray |
Other materials | wood |
Finish | ijzerengobe, rood |
Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | Central-Africa |
Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Region national | Kwango Province (south-west) |
Ethnicity | Yaka |
Acquisition
Year | 1990 |
Provenance | Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket |
Kongo, etnografische handel, c. 1988 |
Comments
Vgl. Jean Lecluse, Pipes d'Afrique noir, Liège, 1985, Dl I, p 512. Soortgelijke modellen, stam Huum. |
Exhibition
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
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