Museum number:
APM 11.550 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
plain, two feet |
Description:
Tabakspijp van messing met bolle ketel op vlakke voet met twee naar voren stekende pootjes, opgaande rechte steel zonder manchet. Ketel onder en bovenlangs dubbele ingesnoerde ring. Steel repeterend patroon van concentrische ringen. Ketel inwendig oneffen gietwerk. |
Date:
Period | 1870 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 2.05 in (5.2 cm) |
Width | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | pot shape |
Material | brass (metal) |
Technique | lost-wax process |
Colour | yellow-brown |
Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | West Africa |
Country | Ghana |
Ethnicity | Ashanti |
Acquisition
Year | 1997 |
Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
Kumasi, antiekhandel, 1997 |
Literature
Don Duco, Spreekwoordelijke Ashantipijpen. Amsterdam, 2006. afb 16. Dit exemplaar. |
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