Museum number:
| APM 20.505 |
Subcollection:
| prehistoric pipes |
Title:
| Tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| platform, plain |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with a wide funnel-shaped bowl on a straight stem, a flat triangular platform behind the bowl, a sort of heel shape on either side, a knotted line around the bowl base that extends up to one-third of the stem and ends in a bud. Bowl and stem covered with polished dark red engobe. |
Date:
| Period | 900 - 1200 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) |
| Length | 8.66 in (22 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 7.09 in (18 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | bowl shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Finish | engobe, donkerrood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ethnicity | Mixtec |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, c. 1975-2011, nr AB119 |
| Tilburg, Ted van Dijck, c. 1975 |
Literature
| Ted van Dijck, Eeuwenoude Indiaanse pijpen in een Nederlands museum, Dl. I & II. Antiekwereld, III/11 & 12, 1978. II, p 8, afb 3. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Tzintzuntzan-pijp, 16e eeuw. |
Exhibition
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2006, zolder. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Roken bij de Amerikaanse Indianen, voorhistorische pijpen uit de Niemeyer collectie", 1 augustus - 14 september 2011. |
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