Museum number:
| APM 9.620 |
Subcollection:
| prehistoric pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| twisted stem |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with funnel-shaped bowl with inward wide rim, on disc-shaped base decorated with checkered lines and three button-shaped studs, standing on two pointed legs. Four-sided highly twisted stem, mouthpiece slightly upward and flattened. Shiny polished red slip. |
Date:
| Period | 500 - 1000 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.87 in (7.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 12.4 in (31.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray black |
| Finish | engobe, gepolijst |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region national | Michoacán |
| Town | Tzintzuntzan |
| Ethnicity | Tarascan |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Tilburg, America Antigua, Ted van Dijck |
| Phoenix, Arizona, collectie Peter G. Wray, 1987, nr 5147-T |
Literature
| Saskia de Bodt, Jos Koldewey, Museumaanwinsten, het Leidse Pijpenkabinet. LochemMaandblad Antiek, XXII/2, 1988. p 95. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 16, foto. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Tarraskenpijp met getordeerde steel voor een koelende werking. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 16, foto. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Tarrask pipe wirh twisted stem to cool the smoke. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, februari 1988 - september 1992. |
| Amsterdam, Tropenmuseum, tentoonstelling "500 jaar tabakscultuur", 9 oktober 1992 - 9 oktober 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, 2001-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2013. |
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