Museum number:
APM 24.121 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
mask bottom of the bowl |
Description:
Tabakspijp van hout met komvormige ketel en ingesnoerde filtrand, ronde figurale onderzijde en rechte steel met verdund afgeplat steeleind. Ketel onderzijde in reliëf gesneden masker met geometrische mond en horizontale lijnen, steel twee ingesnoerde ringen en rond de manchet kruisjes. |
Date:
Period | 1890 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) |
Width | 1.3 in (3.3 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
Weight | 18 gram |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stem pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | wood |
Technique | carved |
Colour | light brown |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | Central-Africa |
Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Region national | Kasai Province (south) |
Ethnicity | Songye |
Acquisition
Year | 2019 |
Comments
Mateusen spreekt van Kifwebe voorstelling door de Songye gemaakt. Masker is Luba/Songe. |
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