Museum number:
| APM 7.928 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| animal heads |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met hoge tapse ketel met zeven concentrische ringen langs de opening en drie lagen van respectievelijk drie, twee en drie gestileerde dierenkoppen in hoogreliëf. Gemonteerd met rechte bamboe steel. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Width | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
| Length total | 11.42 in (29 cm) | |
| Weight | 245 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | tapering |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | black-baked |
| Other materials | bamboo (wood) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
| Ethnicity | Bamum |
Acquisition
| Year | 1982 |
| Provenance | Brussel, antiekwinkel Sablon |
| België, antiekhandel, 1980 |
Comments
| Vgl. A. Jakosvky, L'Epopée du tabac, Paris, 1971, p 120, afbeelding. Identiek exemplaar. Jean Lecluse, Pipes d'Afrique noire, Liège, 1985, p 690, fig 1296. Indentiek exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Pijpen uit donker Afrika", 11 april 1993 - 4 juli 1993. |
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