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:
Bowl | Height | 8.54 in (21.7 cm) |
Width | 0.94 in (2.4 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 18.31 in (46.5 cm) |
Pipe type | insert pipe |
Pipe shape | axe shape |
Material | iron (metal) |
Technique | forged |
Colour | brown grey |
Finish | kopnagels |
Traces of use | geen |
Continent | North America |
Country | United States |
Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Year | 2003 |
Provenance | Amsterdam, Dick Meijer, antiquiteiten |
Brussel, etnografische handel, 2003 |
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. |
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2003. |
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