Museum number:
| APM 11.965 |
Subcollection:
| prehistoric pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| feet, scratch decoration |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with funnel-shaped bowl on two fin-shaped legs, straight stem, thinning towards the end. Bowl around incised lines in simple geometric pattern. The feet decorated like claws or human feet. Decoration wrinkled with red dye. |
Date:
| Period | 300 B.C. - 100 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.13 in (10.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray black |
| Finish | kleurstof, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region national | Michoacán |
| Ethnicity | Pueblo (Mexico) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Tilburg, America Antigua, Ted van Dijck |
| Phoenix, Arizona, collectie Peter G. Wray, 1987 |
Comments
| Olmec-periode, proto-klassiek (200 voor - 200 na Chr.). |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 15, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 15, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Rotterdam, Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik, tentoonstelling "Veertienhonderd negen twee, Columbus zeilde over zee", 1 oktober 1992 - 21 maart 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| 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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