Museum number:

APM 24.118

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

human face

Description:

Tabakspijp van hout met vormeloze cilindrische ketel, ronde onderzijde zonder hielmarkering en opgaande rechte tige. Ketel voorzijde gesneden gezicht met nop op het voorhoofd. Oorspronkelijke montage met alumunium binnenketel en filtring, steeleind aluminium bandje, insteeksteel van riet.

Date:

Period 1960 - 1980


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight1.34 in (3.4 cm)
BowlHeight1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Width1.18 in (3 cm)
StemLength1.77 in (4.5 cm)
Length total3.94 in (10 cm)
Weight17 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialwood
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Other materialsreed (organic material), aluminum (metal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalCentral-Africa
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Region nationalUbangi Province (north-west)
EthnicityNgbandi
Acquisition
Year 2019

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