Numéro de la collection:

APM 16.883

Sous-collection:

Pipes ethnographiques

Titre:

pipe à tabac

Mots-clés:

tomahawk, ax with heart-shaped decoration

Description :

Tobacco pipe of wrought iron in the shape of a tomahawk with cylindrical light quadrilateral bowl with baluster shape with concentric constriction and weighted bowl opening and base, placed on stem with two triangular lips forged on an ax shape. Ax with asymmetrical heart-shaped cut-out stem handle with diamond-shaped cross-section rejuvenating, inserted mouthpiece is missing. Stem bottom end hole for hanging decoration. Leather between ax and handle to prevent false air. End face sealed with a wooden stopper. Decoration along the roots and stem end with a row of brass studs, with a nail in the middle on either side.

Date:

Période 1770 - 1830


Tailles:

FourneauHauteur21,7 cm
Largeur2,4 cm
StemLongueur46,5 cm
Caractéristiques
Type de pipe pipe enfichable
Forme de pipe forme de hache
Matérialfer (métal)
Techniqueforgé
Couleurbrun-gris
Dernière touche kopnagels
Traces of use geen
Production
ContinentAmérique du Nord
PaysÉtats-Unis
EthnicitéIndiens
Statut juridique
Date 2003
Ancienne appartenance Amsterdam, Dick Meijer, antiquiteiten
Brussel, etnografische handel, 2003
Literature
Don Duco, Topstukken uit het Pijpenkabinet. Amsterdam, 2010. hoofdstuk: De Indiaanse tomahawk. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: De Indiaanse tomahawk. Dit exemplaar.
Exposition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 1, v.a. 2003.

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