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:

BowlHeight2.64 in (6.7 cm)
Width2.2 in (5.6 cm)
StemLength2.17 in (5.5 cm)
Length total12.6 in (32 cm)
Weight191 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourgray
Other materialswood
Finish ijzerengobe, rood
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalCentral-Africa
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Region nationalKwango Province (south-west)
EthnicityYaka
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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