Museum number:
| APM 4.851 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| hand, concentric rings |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van steen met bolle ketel, ronde onderzijde zonder hiel en dikke rechte steel met toegepunt steeleind. Ketel opstaande filtband, voorzijde ingekraste driehiek, onderzijde gehouden door geopende hand. Steel tussen twee dubbele concentrische ringen ingesneden zigzag. |
Date:
| Period | 1700 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.01 in (5.1 cm) |
| Width | 2.01 in (5.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 6.1 in (15.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | spherical |
| Material | steatite (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | gray brown |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | Central-Africa |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2004 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Tine Lambregts, Rarekiek |
| Amsterdam, collectie Gert Lambregts, <1980-2003 |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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