Museum number:
| APM 9.624 |
Subcollection:
| prehistoric pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| foot |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with cylindrical pipe bowl on a figurative stylized human foot, the smoke tube runs through the big toe. Bowl rear pointed ridge with bore for fastening to a string. Bowl on both sides two pointed dots that refer to legs. Bowl around incised geometric decoration of a bevel edge and circumferential parallel lines. Polished surface. |
Date:
| Period | 200 B.C. - 300 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) |
| Width | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray black |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region national | Colima |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Tilburg, America Antigua, Ted van Dijck |
| Phoenix, Arizona, collectie Peter G. Wray, 1987, nr 5293-T |
Literature
| Saskia de Bodt, Jos Koldewey, Museumaanwinsten, het Leidse Pijpenkabinet. LochemMaandblad Antiek, XXII/2, 1988. p 95, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Een pijp naar de natuur, vormgevingsaspecten bij precolumbiaanse tabakspijpen. Amsterdam, 1995. afb 6. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Aspects of designs of pre-Columbian tobacco pipes. ParisLe Livre de la Pipe 1996, /, 1996. p 72. Dit exemplaar. |
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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