Museum number:
| APM 9.730 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| crouched figure, hands to the beard |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with funnel-shaped figural bowl, flat round bottom with leak hole and rising stem without stub. Bowl squatting person, necklace with jewel, the arms along tho body, the hands on the belly, smooth headdress. Original wooden stem with twice three carved figures. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 5.2 in (13.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.81 in (4.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Length total | 17.72 in (45 cm) | |
| Weight | 59 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brownish red |
| Other materials | wood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region national | Grasslands |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Vlaardingen, Joop Groen |
| Soest, collectie Ger Luttik, <1975-1986 |
Literature
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 2, frontispiece. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 2, frontispiece. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Rookgerei vol van symboliek, tabakspijpen uit de Graslanden van Kameroen. Amsterdam, 1999. afb 4a-c. Dit exemplaar (alleen de steel). |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Pijpen uit donker Afrika", 11 april 1993 - 4 juli 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, serre, vitrine Kameroen, v.a. 2000. |
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