Museum number:
| APM 15.076 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| kaffir pipe |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of steatite with oval bowl with pointed base, rising stem with flattened sides. Bowl front smooth ridge. Stem on both sides incised line. Borehole for the smoke tube filled with a wooden plug. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Width | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | steatite (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | dark green |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Southern Africa |
| Country | South Africa |
| Region national | Western Cape |
| Ethnicity | Khoikhoi (Hottentot) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1994 |
| Provenance | Londen, antiekmarkt Alexandra Palace |
| Sussex, particulier bezit, c. 1967-1994 |
Comments
| Alfred Dunhill, The Pipe Book, Londen, 1969, p 42. Meldt dat deze steatietpijpen door de Hottentotten worden gerookt. Vgl. APM 19.362 een moderne bruyèrepijp die naar deze antieke pijp ontworpen is. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Historische vormgeving herleeft in moderne tabakspijpen van Mastro de Paja. Amsterdam, 2008. afb 2. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Rotterdam, Kunsthal, tentoonstelling "Design Zuidelijk Afrika", december 1998 - maart 1999. |
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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