Museum number:
| APM 15.673 |
Subcollection:
| pipes various materials |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| elephant head with tusks |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of pot fish tooth with figural bowl placed on a stem of buffalo horn. Bowl elephant head with tusks and ears along the bowl opening, accents in the carving with black colorized. Original buffalo horn stem with different knots and horn disc followed by a flexible part and mouthpiece wit button. Remains of a locking cord with a culotte round the stem. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.98 in (10.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Length total | 12.6 in (32 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | tooth (animal material) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | yellowish white |
| Other materials | buffalo horn (animal material) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1979-1999 |
| Londen, antiekhandel, c. 1979 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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