Museum number:

APM 16.883

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

tomahawk, ax with heart-shaped decoration

Description:

Tobacco pipe of wrought iron in the shape of a tomahawk with cylindrical light quadrilateral bowl with baluster shape with concentric constriction and weighted bowl opening and base, placed on stem with two triangular lips forged on an ax shape. Ax with asymmetrical heart-shaped cut-out stem handle with diamond-shaped cross-section rejuvenating, inserted mouthpiece is missing. Stem bottom end hole for hanging decoration. Leather between ax and handle to prevent false air. End face sealed with a wooden stopper. Decoration along the roots and stem end with a row of brass studs, with a nail in the middle on either side.

Date:

Period 1770 - 1830


Dimensions:

BowlHeight8.54 in (21.7 cm)
Width0.94 in (2.4 cm)
StemLength18.31 in (46.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape axe shape
Materialiron (metal)
Techniqueforged
Colourbrown grey
Finish kopnagels
Traces of use geen
Production
ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
EthnicityNative Americans
Acquisition
Year 2003
Provenance Amsterdam, Dick Meijer, antiquiteiten
Brussel, etnografische handel, 2003
Literature
Don Duco, Topstukken uit het Pijpenkabinet. Amsterdam, 2010. hoofdstuk: De Indiaanse tomahawk. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: De Indiaanse tomahawk. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2003.

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