Museum number:
APM 14.414 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
seated figure |
Description:
Tabakspijp van aardewerk met cilindrische figurale ketel, vlakke onderzijde met lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel zittende neger met kroeshaar en handen aan de navel. Steel geruwd met concentrische ringen om het eind. Oorspronkelijke houten steel met tordering, eindstuk ijzeren kern met ijzerdraad omwonden. |
Date:
Period | 1920 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 6.22 in (15.8 cm) |
Width | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 5.12 in (13 cm) |
Length total | 22.44 in (57 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | pottery (ceramic) |
Technique | hand-formed |
Colour | brown |
Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | West Africa |
Country | Cameroon |
Region national | Grasslands |
Ethnicity | Bamum |
Acquisition
Year | 1995 |
Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
Kameroen, Bamum, 1995 |
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Kameroen, v.a. 2000. |
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