Museum number:
| APM 16.460 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| serpentine stone |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van steatiet met ovale ketel, hiel en rechte steel. Ketel filtband van concentrische ringen waartussen tweemaal een band kruislingse arceringen. Hiel geruwd. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) |
| Width | 0.83 in (2.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | steatite (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | gray green |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Southern Africa |
| Country | South Africa |
| Region national | Western Cape |
| Ethnicity | Khoikhoi (Hottentot) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Dominique Delalande, Louvre des antiquaires, 1990-2002 |
| Londen, Paul Bentley, <1982-1990 | |
| Londen, Jermynstreet, Astley's, <1930-1950> | |
| Londen, collectie William Astley, c. 1920 |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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