Museum number:
APM 12.742 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
geometric decoration |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with conical bowl with weighted upper edge on flat round base with rising stem with smooth cuff at height of the bowl opening. Top edge with two pointed protrusions on both sides between which a stylized mask with eyes and nose, bowl front rectangle with incised geometric pattern, five narrowed lines along the bottom edge. Bottom leak hole. Original straight wooden stem with decoration of a band with wound copper wire past the middle and around the stem end. |
Date:
Period | 1880 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 4.92 in (12.5 cm) |
Width | 3.66 in (9.3 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 4.92 in (12.5 cm) |
Length total | 39.37 in (100 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | insert pipe |
Pipe shape | conic |
Material | pottery (ceramic) |
Technique | hand-formed |
Colour | brown black |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | West Africa |
Country | Cameroon |
Region national | Grasslands |
Ethnicity | Bamileke |
Acquisition
Year | 1991 |
Provenance | Parijs, Jean-Pierre Laprugne, rue Mazarine |
Parijs, particuliere verzameling, <1980-1991 |
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Pijpen uit donker Afrika", 11 april 1993 - 4 juli 1993. |
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Kameroen, v.a. 2000. |
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