Museum number:
| APM 20.519 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| phallus pipe |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stone with cylindrical light four-sided tubular shape with stem insert drilled in at the side for separate stir. Phallus shape with the glans on the rounded bottom indicated by a constricted ring and a slit on the bottom. Inside an almost cylindrical bowl that changes into a stem with a diameter of almost an inch, drilled in from the side, a moisture reservoir under the stem. |
Date:
| Period | 1200 - 1500 (?) |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 3.86 in (9.8 cm) |
| Diameter | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Weight | 155 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | tubular pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | sandstone (stone) |
| Technique | drilled, polished |
| Colour | gray |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1967-2011, nr DD025 |
| Burlington, Wisconsin, collectie E.K. Petrie, -1967 |
Literature
| Georg Alfred Brongers, Van Gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp. Amerongen, 1978. p 10. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Phallusvormige pijp, fijnkorrelig zandsteen, mogelijk pre-columbiaans. Het duidelijk zichtbare gat diende om het mondstuk in te steken. L. 9,7 cm, doorsnede in het midden 3,4 cm. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 1, c. 1968-1974. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, zolder. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerikaanse Indianenpijpen, v.a. 2011. |
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