Museum number:
| APM 22.885 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| stylized man's head |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met trechtervormige ketel, ronde onderzijde en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel gestileerde hoofd van een man met puntige neus, kleine mond en gestileerde ogen en oren. Bandje tussen manchet en ketelrand. Gepolijste bruinzwarte engobe. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.23 in (8.2 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
| Width | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Weight | 200 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black-baked |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kwango Province (south-west) |
| Ethnicity | Huum |
Acquisition
| Year | 2017 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 22.666 modelvariant van dezelfde stam. |
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