Museum number:
| APM 19.247 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| face |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met komvormige figurale ketel, zonder hiel en korte steel. Ketel gestileerd hoofd van man met rechte neus en haakvormige oren, sterk gestileerd weergegeven. Witachtige klei deels gesmoord en oppervlak aan de buitenzijde met zwarte verf bedekt. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
| Weight | 39 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | greyish white |
| Other materials | varnish (painting material) |
| Other colours | black |
| Finish | zwartgesmoord |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Bas-Congo (west) |
| Ethnicity | Banana (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2008 |
| Provenance | Parijs, antiekmarkt Porte de Vanves |
| Parijs, particulier bezit, c. 1989 |
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