Museum number:

APM 13.501

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometric bowl

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with geometric bowl, without heel with straight un going stem without stub. Bowl with geometric shape with volute bottom and cylindrical top half with constricted middle part, the bowl opening oval, the design inspired by a bird's beak. Bowl geometric incised lines. Separate stem in iron with cylindrical constricted wood decorated with geometric carving in which pair wise oval leaves. Stem covered with tin plate.

Date:

Period 1920 - 1940


Dimensions:

BowlHeight6.69 in (17 cm)
Width2.95 in (7.5 cm)
StemLength4.72 in (12 cm)
Length total22.05 in (56 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape geometric
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourbrown black
Finish tin
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryCameroon
Region nationalGrasslands
Acquisition
Year 1993
Provenance Rotterdam, Steven van de Raadt, African Art
Soest, collectie Ger Luttik, <1980-1992
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Pijpen uit donker Afrika", 11 april 1993 - 4 juli 1993.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 10, v.a. 2001.

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