Museum number:

APM 20.807

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

pipe cleaner

Keyword:

standing dog

Description:

Pijpenwroeter van been met priemvorm met conisch wroeterdeel bekroond door een geometrisch motiefje waarop een staande hond.

Date:

Period 1850 - 1900


Dimensions:

GeneralWidth0.47 in (1.2 cm)
Length2.76 in (7 cm)
Thickness0.28 in (0.7 cm)
Characteristics
Materialanimal bone (animal material)
Techniquecarved
Colourivory white
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalFriesland (?)
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1980-2011, nr AA821

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