Museum number:
| APM 24.224 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head man |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van hout met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende rechte tige. Ketel hoofd van een man met puntige kin of sik. Oorspronkelijke montage met ijzeren bandje en recht houten roer verdunnend naar het eind met afgeplatte beet. |
Date:
| Period | 1930 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Length total | 4.72 in (12 cm) | |
| Weight | 44 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | iron (metal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region national | Kwango Province (south-west) |
| Ethnicity | Yaka |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Rotterdam, Steven van de Raadt, African Art |
| Soest, collectie Ger Luttik, <1985-1992 |
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