Museum number:
APM 7.043 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
portrait mask |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of bronze with cylindrical bowl on stem with a pointed front, leak hole under the bowl and slightly rising stem with thin cuff band. Bowl accentuated with a rim on top and base, front embossed portrait mask with hairstyle in two circulars. Connection belt between bowl and stem. Original bronze stem with a locking ring, the first part thicker with concentric rings. Stem end disc shaped button. |
Date:
Period | 1920 - 1960 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 4.17 in (10.6 cm) |
Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 3.35 in (8.5 cm) |
Length total | 10.83 in (27.5 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | cylindrical |
Material | brass (metal) |
Technique | lost-wax process |
Colour | bronze brown |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Africa |
Region international | West Africa |
Country | Cameroon |
Region national | Grasslands |
Ethnicity | Tikar |
Acquisition
Year | 1997 |
Provenance | Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé |
Kameroen, Tikar, 1997 |
Exhibition
Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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