Museum number:
| APM 9.739 |
Subcollection:
| prehistoric pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| two feet |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with large oval shape bowl on two thin legs and long straight stem without mouthpiece. Bowl and stem polished red slip. |
Date:
| Period | 900 - 1500 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 5 in (12.7 cm) |
| Width | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 18.11 in (46 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | brownish red |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Region international | Central America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ethnicity | Tarascan |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Tilburg, America Antigua, Ted van Dijck |
| Mexico, antiekhandel, 1988 |
Comments
| Volk dat deze pijpen maakte heet Purépecha. |
Literature
| D.H. Duco, Grafbeeld rokende figuur. UtrechtPeriodiek Vereniging Rembrandt, III/1, 1993. p 4, afb 3. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 15, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 15, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, september 1988 - september 1992. |
| Rotterdam, Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik, tentoonstelling "Veertienhonderd negen twee, Columbus zeilde over zee", 1 oktober 1992 - 21 maart 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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