Museum number:

APM 15.727

Subcollection:

etnografische pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

wooden bowl

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of silver with conical bowl, without heel and straight stem with narrow cuff band. Bowl underside long rat tail, cuff extra ring with pearl rim. Mounting with painted wooden stem with red geometric pattern on black. Stem silver end piece with concentric strap and setting in which a red coral stone. Matching wooden disk shaped bowl to search the smoked tobacco for usable lefts, attached to the stem with a leather strap.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3,2 cm
Width1,9 cm
StemLength13,5 cm
Length total33 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape conisch
Materialzilver (metaal)
Techniquegesmeed
Colourdiverse
Other materialshout
Finish lak, zwart, rood
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAzië
Region InternationalCentraal-Azië
CountryNepal
Region NationalKathmandu
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Brickerasio (Turijn), collectie Edouardo Daneo, 1976-1999
Nepal, Kathmandu, 1976
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, overloop, vitrine Azië, v.a. 2001.

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