Museum number:

APM 16.002

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

geometric decoration

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met hoge trechter ketel, conische voet met vlakke onderzijde en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel drie concentrische banen met gekruiste streepjes afgewisseld met gladde banen. Grijze scherf, rode engobe.

Date:

Period 1700 - 1850


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.31 in (8.4 cm)
Width2.17 in (5.5 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Weight115 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourgray
Finish engobe, roodbruin
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryGhana
Acquisition
Year 2000
Provenance Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar
Kumasi, antiekhandel, 2000

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