Museum number:
| APM 14.332 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head negro with tattoos |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ovale figurale ketel, op conische voet met vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel met platte bandvormige manchet. Ketel hoofd neger met twee strepen over beide wangen. |
Date:
| Period | 1960 - 1990 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.74 in (9.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Weight | 194 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black-baked |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Frafra |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, noordelijke streken, 1995 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Een vroege pijp uit Burkina Faso. Amsterdam, 1998. afb 8. Dit exemplaar. |
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