Museum number:
| APM 6.431 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| incised geometric bands |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met langgerekte ovale ketel, puntige onderzijde en oplopende steel met glad steeleind. Uitstaande filtrand waaronder een halfronde band met schuine streepjes. Ketel overlangs drie ingesneden lijnen met blokjes. Lekgaatje in steel en ketelbasis. Oorspronkelijk houten roer. Ingewreven met rode kleurstof. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.29 in (10.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Length total | 11.22 in (28.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray |
| Finish | kleurstof, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Region national | Gwari |
| Ethnicity | Mama |
Acquisition
| Year | 1977 |
| Provenance | Londen, etnografische winkel |
| Londen, particulier bezit, <1965-1977 |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, 29 september 1982 - 31 december 1993. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Afrika, v.a. 2002. |
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