Museum number:
| APM 20.172 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| conical with spatula-shaped handle |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van hout met hoge conische ketel met vlakke filtrand, de onderzijde tweezijdig afgeplat met spatelvorm, korte ronde manchet waarin een zwart vogelbot steeltje met een touwtje vastgezet. Onversierd, oppervlak resten van rode kleurstof. |
Date:
| Period | 1930 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 7.17 in (18.2 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.99 in (7.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.57 in (4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.39 in (1 cm) |
| Length total | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Weight | 72 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | conic |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | bird bone (animal material) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Australia and Oceania |
| Region international | Melanesia |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Region national | Bird's Head Peninsula / Doberai Peninsula |
Acquisition
| Year | 2010 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Michel Thieme, 2009-2010 |
| Nijmegen, Nijmeegs Volkenkundig Museum, 2009, coll nr 820 | |
| Woerden, Paters Franciscanen, 12-07-1962, herkomst Vogelkop, Mentiongebied |
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