Museum number:
APM 24.774 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
vertical rectangular with geometric decoration |
Description:
Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ingesnoerde cilindrische ketel met verzwaarde schuinse filtrand en vlakke lensvormige bodem, korte opgaande steel met fallusvormige manchet. Ketel voorzijde ingedrukt verticale baan van zes geometrische rozetachtige motieven. Buitenzijde bedekt met roodbruine engobe, de filtrand iets donkerder. |
Date:
Period | 1890 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 2.05 in (5.2 cm) |
Width | 1.34 in (3.4 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Weight | 74 gram |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | constricted |
Material | pottery (ceramic) |
Technique | hand-formed |
Colour | red-brown |
Finish | engobe |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | West Africa |
Country | Ghana |
Ethnicity | Lobi |
Acquisition
Year | 2022 |
Literature
Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. november 2024, nr 282. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar. |
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