Museum number:
| APM 16.701 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| border with slashes |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van steatiet met recht conisch buisvorm model, de steel in het verlengde van de ketel en zonder hiel hielmarkering. Filt rondom schuine streepjes boven een concentrische ring. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Diameter | 0.79 in (2 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | tubular pipe |
| Pipe shape | conic |
| Material | steatite (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown black |
| 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 | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 662 |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
Comments
| Alfred Dunhill, The Pipe Book, Londen, 1969, p 42. Meldt dat deze buisvormige serpentijnstenen pijpen door Bushman Woman worden gerookt. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Alfred Dunhill's fascinatie voor de tubular pipe. Amsterdam, 2007. afb 6. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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