Museum number:
APM 11.484 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
concentric lines with rough zone |
Description:
Tabakspijp van aardewerk met bolle kookpotvormige ketel, smalle voet met oplopende steel en bandvormige manchet. Ketel concentrisch ingesnoerde lijnen waartussen een geruwde zone over de buik en schuine streepjes onder de verdikte filt. Voet zes verticale lobben. Filt en concentrische ringen rode engobe. |
Date:
Period | 1890 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) |
Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Weight | 87 gram |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | spherical |
Material | pottery (ceramic) |
Technique | hand-formed |
Colour | brownish red |
Finish | engobe, verf |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | West Africa |
Country | Ghana |
Acquisition
Year | 1990 |
Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
Ghana, locale handel, 1990 |
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