Museum number:
APM 20.888 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
four legs, spiral shapes |
Description:
Tabakspijp van messing met trechtervorm ketel, hielmarkering en korte oplopende steel met dunne manchetband. Ketel en steel opgelegde spiralen steeds van twee cirkels aaneen, ketelopening smalle filtrand, ketel voorzijde een staand oogje, ketel onderzijde vier voetvormige pootjes. |
Date:
Period | 1900 - 1950 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 2.83 in (7.2 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
Width | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | funnel shape |
Material | brass (metal) |
Technique | lost-wax process |
Colour | bronze green |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | West Africa |
Country | Nigeria |
Ethnicity | Igbo (Ibo) |
Acquisition
Year | 2011 |
Provenance | Utrecht, internationale verzamelaarsjaarmarkt |
Christian Siegenthaler, Bad Nauheim, 2000-2011 | |
Mali, zuidoosten, c. 1995 |
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